This article examines the effect of a teacher's cultural representations and tacit communicative style on interactive practices in the classroom. We compare two second-grade classrooms constituted predominantly by Latino immigrant children and teachers with differing cultural representations of education. Through video and acoustic analyses of…

The importance of effective instruction on student academic and social achievement has been well documented. Strong classroom management and the use of high rates of opportunities to respond (OTR) have been two advocated classroom practices to positively impact student performance. This article presents an analysis of data collected across 35…

This paper presents some of the preliminary findings of a study into modern languages (ML) learning in five Scottish secondary schools. Five ML teachers were observed and audio-recorded over a period of several weeks while teaching their third-year classes (pupils aged 14-15 years). All the teachers used the target language extensively in their…

Differentiated instruction engages students of all abilities as active learners, decision-makers, and problem solvers--making educational experiences more meaningful for all. This one-of-a-kind book proves that designing differentiated instruction can be simple and fun! Packed with creative adaptation ideas like fidget bags, doodle notes, and…

Teachers using interactive whiteboards (IWB) effectively can engage and motivate students with a range of digital resources to explore science's role in making sense of our world and to construct knowledge of key scientific concepts. The case study research described in this paper illustrates how interactive pedagogies in the IWB classroom were…

This paper focuses on the use of interactive whiteboards (IWBs) as a tool for encouraging and supporting classroom dialogue. The authors' concern here is with the promotion of "dialogic" communication between teachers and students, which is now widely recognised as educationally valuable. In this study they investigated how teachers…

Contends that literacy acquisition and use occurs in and through social contexts and is a political and cultural activity, and that the distribution of literacy competence by schools is a key link in the reproduction of inequality. Examines social, cultural, political, and economic implications of classroom practices. (RAE)

Metapragmatic skills of elementary-grade children in the classroom are discussed in relation to remediation with language-disordered children. Of particular importance in the classroom is children's metapragmatic knowledge of requests and responses. Therapy of classroom interactions should incorporate actual academic material of gradually…

Knowledge from research on nonverbal communication can serve to extend and expand current paradigms that guide the study of teaching. Even more important, attention to nonverbal research may enrich the conceptualization of teaching. (CB)

Authors clarify the categories of non-verbal teacher activity and suggest how the individual teacher can increase the effectiveness of his non-verbal style. (Authors/CB)

Procedure is described enabling teachers to learn and remember the names of as many as 250 students by the end of the first class session. (CB)

Article describes three examples of common problems in oral classroom communications and suggested solutions. (GB)

Recognition by teachers of the qualitative nonverbal and verbal dimensions of communication should enhance their ability to relate to all students. (Author)

The author suggests that technology itself is neither humanizing nor dehumanizing in education. Instead, he proposes that only the people, the teachers or the institutions which use (or do not use) the technology have this influence." (Author/AK)

A review of three strategies for initiating and conducting classroom discussions. (AK)