NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Fujino, Hanako – Language Learning Journal, 2021
This study reports on the findings of a questionnaire administered to 93 students studying Japanese as a foreign language (JFL) at British universities, focusing on their views of the role of grammar in their learning of Japanese. Learners' views are important because mismatches with their teachers' views can affect their learning negatively.…
Descriptors: Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Geist, Kamile; Geist, Eugene A.; Kuznik, Kathleen – Young Children, 2012
Research on music and music therapy suggests that math and music are related in the brain from very early in life. Musical elements such as steady beat, rhythm, melody, and tempo possess inherent mathematical principles such as spatial properties, sequencing, counting, patterning, and one-to-one correspondence. With new understanding about the…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Therapy, Teaching Methods, Brain
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Thune, Michael; Eckerdal, Anna – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2009
The present work has its focus on university-level engineering education students that do not intend to major in computer science but still have to take a mandatory programming course. Phenomenography and variation theory are applied to empirical data from a study of students' conceptions of computer programming. A phenomenographic outcome space…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Programming Languages, Programming, Phenomenology
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Gabrielatos, Costas – TESL-EJ, 2005
Electronic language corpora, and their attendant computer software, are proving increasingly influential in language teaching as sources of language descriptions and pedagogical materials. However, few teachers are clear about their nature or their relevance to language teaching. This paper defines corpora and their types, discusses their…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Taylor, Lyn; And Others – Arithmetic Teacher, 1991
Presented are practical activities relevant to teaching mathematics in the American Indian culture that can be used in the non-Indian classroom. Discussed are tessellations, exercises that allow for artistic creativity and geometric exploration. The use of Pascal's triangle is included. (KR)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Su, Hui Fang Huang – 1990
The purpose of this practicum was to increase motivation and self-confidence of grade four students in mathematics achievement. Measured were the increase in the number of students displaying mastery of the times-tables, increase in the number of students making a gain on a math post-test, and increase in the number of students liking mathematics.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Calculators, Community Resources, Computer Software
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers