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Smotrova, Tetyana; Lantolf, James P. – Modern Language Journal, 2013
The purpose of the present study is to investigate the mediational function of the gesture-speech interface in the instructional conversation that emerged as teachers attempted to explain the meaning of English words to their students in two EFL classrooms in the Ukraine. Its analytical framework is provided by Vygotsky's sociocultural psychology…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Nonverbal Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Nguyen, Thi Thao Duyen – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation explores how participants express and interpret verbal cues of interaction involvement in dyadic conversations via text-based Instant Messaging (IM). Moreover, it seeks to discover differences in the way American participants and Chinese participants use verbal cues when they are highly, or lowly involved. Based on previous…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Asians, Computer Mediated Communication, Cues
Collister, Lauren Brittany – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This work explores the use of multimodal communication in a community of expert "World of Warcraft"® players and its impact on politeness, identity, and relationships. Players in the community regularly communicated using three linguistic modes quasi-simultaneously: text chat, voice chat, and face-to-face interaction. Using the…
Descriptors: Intermode Differences, Discourse Modes, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relationship
Snyder, Kathleen – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Coaching is a powerful tool for improving special education teachers' use of evidence-based practices. Recent technological advances have great potential to influence the manner in which coaching is implemented. Virtual coaching is an innovative cycle of coaching that utilizes video-conferencing and bug-in-ear technology in internet-mediated…
Descriptors: Critical Incidents Method, Special Education Teachers, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Special Education
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Botha, M. L.; Reddy, C. P. S. – South African Journal of Education, 2011
The concept of pedagogical content knowledge is integral to teaching as a profession and is often considered to be an important aspect of a teacher's lived experience. Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) is described as a transformation of teacher knowledge from a variety of domains of knowledge, which includes subject matter knowledge,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Elmore, Shannon Renee; Vail, Cynthia O. – NHSA Dialog, 2011
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of manipulating toy sets on the social verbal interaction that occurs between preschool-age children with disabilities and their typically developing peers. A single-subject alternating-treatments design was used to evaluate the effects of manipulating social toy sets and isolate toy sets on…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Disabilities, Interaction, Developmental Delays
Stone, Paul; Kidd, Andrew – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2011
This paper outlines some findings of a three-month investigation into the effects of students' interpersonal relationships on communication in two EFL classrooms in a Japanese university. Data was collected to identify and describe the various social subgroups that existed within the classes, and samples of classroom discourse were then analysed…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Interpersonal Relationship
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Bjorklund, Camilla – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2012
An educator working in a toddler-group (children aged 1-3) took part in an in-service program using a "Learning Study" design within the broader theoretical frame of the "Variation Theory of learning". The purpose of this study is, in qualitative terms and in the context of explorative play, to describe how the educator develops strategies where…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Toddlers, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Instruction
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Lilja, Emily – Childhood Education, 2012
Initially, the author began her teacher inquiry project by focusing on the superhero play she had been observing in her classroom and on her concerns about how it might be impacting the classroom community. Through an ongoing process of self-reflection and reading research, she was able to open herself up to interacting and engaging with the…
Descriptors: Teacher Researchers, Play, Reading Research, Transformative Learning
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Moore, Pat – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2011
This paper explores the emergence of collaborative interaction among early secondary learners in bilingual sections at state schools in Andalusia. These sections are organised in line with a content and language integrated learning (CLIL) approach. By transcribing and then analysing data from oral interviews conducted with randomly selected pairs…
Descriptors: State Schools, Oral Language, Interaction Process Analysis, Comparative Analysis
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Marshall, Jeffery H. – Economics of Education Review, 2011
This study analyzes school dropout in rural Guatemala using event history data and unusually detailed data on schools and teachers. Significant results for language of instruction, teacher education and fighting between students demonstrate the importance of accounting for school context influences on an outcome that has, historically, been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Schools, School Effectiveness, Attendance
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Moussay, Sylvie; Flavier, Eric; Zimmermann, Philipe; Meard, Jacques – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2011
This case study analysed the circumstances during a one-year work placement in which a pre-service teacher showed professional development, with a focus on the impact of her interactions with various interlocutors. The study was conducted within the framework of the cultural historical activity theory (CHAT) and of activity theory with its methods…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Teaching Methods, Mentors, Classroom Techniques
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Bayraktar, Aysegül – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2013
Problem Statement: Within Language Arts instruction the use of teacher-student writing conferences is accepted as an effective strategy for teaching writing. The writing conference allows for an individual one-on-one teacher-student conversation about the students' writing or writing process and provides the student an audience in terms of…
Descriptors: Interaction, Self Efficacy, Beliefs, Language Arts
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Groenendijk, Ramon; Kooy, Mary; Coppen, Peter-Arno; Imants, Jeroen; Van de Ven, Piet-Hein – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2013
In a self-study the main author examines the difficulties and challenges his students experience in their literary development. The central question is: How can my teaching support students in their literary development? This self-study is supported by a research group, examining together one literature lesson given by the main author, striving…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Literature, Teacher Student Relationship, Classroom Communication
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Sert, Olcay; Walsh, Steve – Language and Education, 2013
This paper primarily investigates the interactional unfolding and management of "claims of insufficient knowledge" (Beach and Metzger 1997) in two English language classrooms from a multi-modal, conversation-analytic perspective. The analyses draw on a close, micro-analytic account of sequential organisation of talk as well as on various…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Classroom Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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