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Direct linkSchwarzer, David, Ed.; Petron, Mary, Ed.; Luke, Christopher, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
"Research Informing Practice--Practice Informing Research: Innovative Teaching Methodologies for World Language Educators" is an edited volume that focuses on innovative, nontraditional methods of teaching and learning world languages. Using teacher-research projects, each author in the volume guides readers through their own personal…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship, Classroom Research, Teaching Methods
Download full textStrech, Lorie L. – 1995
This paper discusses implications of ability grouping in elementary reading instruction according to current research, and how such research can be applied to the classroom practice of "guided reading" within a balanced literacy program. The paper suggests that the "balanced literacy" approach from New Zealand is basically the…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedTang, Frank; Martino, Marta – College ESL, 2000
Examines the perception and beliefs of Chinese English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) teachers toward the debate between on the whole language and direct approach in the teaching of EFL in China. Findings shed light on English instruction in China and provide a better understanding of the educational background of the large number of Chinese students…
Descriptors: Beliefs, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education
de Lemos, Marion – ACER Press (Australian Council for Educational Research), 2002
The purpose of this review is to present an overview of the research literature relating to the acquisition of literacy. Its focus is on empirical studies that identify the processes underlying the acquisition of literacy, and the instructional strategies that are most effective in developing effective literacy. Its specific focus is on the…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Teaching Methods
Chen, Yueh-miao – 1994
This paper discusses the origin and philosophy of the whole language movement, focusing on the learning theory, language attitudes, language acquisition, and reading processes employed by the approach. The roles of teachers, learners, parents, and student evaluation in the whole language approach are then examined. The paper then addresses how…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Educational Philosophy
Kerr, Hugo – 1995
This book examines the basic principles of the cognitive psychology of literacy and explains how insights gained from that theory can inform and improve reading, spelling, and writing instruction aimed at adults. The following are among the topics discussed in the book's eight chapters: the principles of cognitive psychology (the nervous system,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Andragogy
National-Louis Univ., Evanston, IL. – 1995
This document contains 33 papers from a conference on research in adult, continuing, and community education. Representative papers include the following: "Highlander Folk School: A Commune Based on Intellectual Property" (Keith B. Armstrong, Donna J. Martin); "Women, Welfare and Mandated Education: An Analysis of Single Mothers'…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
