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Ní Ríordáin, Máire; Flanagan, Eílis – Research in Mathematics Education, 2022
This paper presents a research framework for investigating the role of language use in mathematics learning. The paper draws on the wider M[superscript 2]EID study, which explores whether differences in languages (English and Irish) and their use by bilingual mathematical students have a differential impact on their mathematics meta-level…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Language Usage, Irish, Second Language Learning
Nelson, Kathryn Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This study investigated the effects that critical literacy instruction had on comprehension in a seventh grade reading class. Numerous studies have examined critical literacy instruction in the classroom, as well as effective methods of comprehension instruction; however, few studies have combined these two lines of inquiry. Therefore, the purpose…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Literacy Education, Teaching Methods, Grade 7
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Games, Alex – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2010
This article examines the language and literacy practices of middle-school children as they worked toward constructing their own computer games using "Gamestar Mechanic," a game intended to teach them key ways of thinking and communicating germane to the discourse of game designers. It examines the changes that took place in what previous work…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Protocol Analysis, Familiarity, Discourse Analysis