Describes a self-regulating teaching model approach designed to help teachers improve minority students' self-esteem by fostering their strengths instead of emphasizing their limitations. Concludes that this teaching process will allow teachers to approach minority students as challenges and will sustain a sense of direction in their teaching. (16…

Argues that an educational perspective is required for examining how second language acquisition (SLA) can contribute to language pedagogy (LP). Different models of application are considered, reflecting different ways of viewing teaching. It is suggested that SLA constitutes a source of "provisional specifications" that practitioners can evaluate…

Describes a framework for training prospective English-as-a-Second-Language instructors in teaching language through a content approach. Presents a teacher-education model integrating an undergraduate literature course, an English for Academic Purposes methodology course and a content-based pre-academic second language instruction course. (33…

It is argued that cognitive psychology has contributed to advances in learning and instruction not so much because of its original epistemology and implicit theory of learning as because of its methodology. A revised epistemology conceptualizing the mind as a developing biological system will bring new advances in understanding learning. (SLD)

Asserts that many enrichment options are congruent with core beliefs regarding middle school pedagogy and suggests some models that will raise the ceiling of achievement for gifted learners and provide opportunity to enhance the learning of all students. Focuses on: (1) shared vision; (2) flexible grouping structures; (3) varied teaching and…

Describes an attempt at an English grammar program for the first year of secondary schooling in Queensland, Australia linked to the grammatical features introduced in the students' second language programs. Outlines the stages of development, including examination of the second language texts and of English course books and deciding on a…

Describes activities in which students perform experiments with physical models that they create. Students develop geometric intuition and build a concrete foundation upon which abstract principles can be built. (DDR)

A study evaluated the Research Lead Teacher (RLT) model in providing follow-up support to 18 general elementary education teachers who were learning and implementing a strategy instruction process. Data indicate it took between 3-9 weeks of the RLT model for teachers to consistently implement all the steps of strategy instruction. (Contains…

Describes an instructional model for teaching abstract data types (ADTs) to high school students. Presents research results regarding students' conceptualizations of ADTs and their strategies of using them in computer science problem solving. To implement the ADTs, "black boxes" were used. (AEF)

This article describes strategic content learning (SCL), a strategies-training model that integrates cognitive, behavioral, sociocultural, and constructivist learning theories. The theoretical rationale for SCL is provided, followed by a review of research documenting SCL efficacy for postsecondary students with learning disabilities. Preliminary…

This study investigated the ways in which preservice teachers' (N=30) images of lessons changed as they received instruction and practice using particular models of teaching. Findings highlight how knowledge and experience contributed differentially to the shifts over time in the preservice teachers' observation of a lesson. (IAH)

Results are presented from a study that implemented and assessed the effectiveness of a research-based model for training preservice secondary teaching trainees (N=97) in a complex teaching skill: clarity of explanation. Extensive discussion is presented on the study design and implementation. (IAH)

Five principles of Daily Life Therapy are examined: group-oriented instruction; highly structured routine activities; learning through imitation; reduction of unproductive activity levels through rigorous exercise; and a curriculum based on music, movement, and art. These tenets are discussed in terms of current theory, research, and educational…

Discussed are various models proposed for the Moebius strip. Included are a discussion of a smooth flat model and two smooth flat algebraic models, some results concerning the shortest Moebius strip, the Moebius strip of least elastic energy, and some observations on real-world Moebius strips. (KR)

Calls for writing instruction that leads students to realize that meaning depends upon context and perspective. Describes a course in which students "problematize" and write about issues within literary works. Explains that students observe visual artworks which serve as companion pieces to the literary works and to students' own compositions…