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Barnes-Ryan, Sarah G. – English Journal, 2010
Without the benefit of having experienced many years of teaching, it is hard to emulate the experienced colleagues one admires. In her second year of teaching, the author seems to have captured some of the wisdom that comes with many years of teaching. Her advice reveals many of the practices that distinguish veterans from newcomers. Teachers who…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Mentors, Teaching Experience, Help Seeking
Fuentes, Alfredo – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine urban high school mathematics teachers' perceptions of how they manage their own and their students' emotional intelligence (EI) to facilitate instruction and learning; their reports of how they handle their emotions as urban mathematics teachers; and their reports of how they manage the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Gap, Emotional Intelligence, Classroom Environment
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Civil, Marta; Hunter, Roberta – Intercultural Education, 2015
This article focuses on argumentation in mathematics classrooms in two different geographic contexts, the US and New Zealand. Drawing on data from a case with immigrant students (Pasifika) in NZ and a case with Mexican American students in the US, we argue for the need to study the concept of argumentation through a cultural and language lens. Our…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Mathematics Instruction, Cultural Background, Immigrants
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Meeus, Wil; Mahieu, Paul – Educational Studies, 2009
Pupils' humour aimed at teachers is all too often seen as baiting or misbehaviour. Suspecting that this was probably not the case, we took a sample. Looked at from the perspective of the intention behind the humour, it appears that pupils' humour directed at teachers makes a predominantly positive contribution to the relationship between pupil and…
Descriptors: Humor, Intention, Motivation, Teacher Student Relationship
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Beck, Bernard – Multicultural Perspectives, 2009
The current difficulties of making challenging humor while respecting the legitimate sensibilities of stigmatized people are discussed. Two very different movie comedies include jokes about people. One is received with outrage on behalf of the group that is made the butt of the jokes, people who are "mentally challenged"; the other, about…
Descriptors: Humor, Films, Language Usage, Social Bias
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First, Lucas – Journal of College Admission, 2009
Everyone insists that a person should go to a college that is right for him/her, somewhere that fits who he/she is, a place where a they belong. There are more than 4,000 colleges and universities in this country; how will a person find the one that is right for them? In this article, the author suggests that one should follow the mascot when…
Descriptors: College Choice, School Culture, College Bound Students, Humor
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Nilsen, Elizabeth S.; Glenwright, Melanie; Huyder, Vanessa – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2011
Incongruity between a positive statement and a negative context is a cue to verbal irony. Two studies examined whether school-age children and adults recognized that listeners require knowledge of context to detect irony. Specifically, the studies investigated whether participants could inhibit their own context knowledge to appropriately gauge…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Cues, Verbal Communication, Theory of Mind
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Banas, John A.; Dunbar, Norah; Rodriguez, Dariela; Liu, Shr-Jie – Communication Education, 2011
The primary goal of this project is to provide a summary of extant research regarding humor in the classroom, with an emphasis on identifying and explaining inconsistencies in research findings and offering new directions for future studies in this area. First, the definitions, functions, and main theories of humor are reviewed. Next, the paper…
Descriptors: Humor, Classroom Communication, Communication Research, Classroom Research
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Struthers, John – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2011
Inconsistencies within the literature result in teachers not having sufficient guidance to develop their humour use in support of learning without risking their professionalism. This article argues for more comprehensive evidence to guide teachers' use of humour, based on mixed methodological approaches. The case is also made for the Interpersonal…
Descriptors: Evidence, Interpersonal Communication, Research Methodology, Statistical Analysis
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Kaanta, Leila; Jauni, Heidi; Leppanen, Sirpa; Peuronen, Saija; Paakkinen, Terhi – Modern Language Journal, 2013
In line with recent Conversation Analytic work on language learning as situated practice, this article investigates how interactants can create language learning opportunities for themselves and others in and through social interaction. The study shows how the participants of "Big Brother Finland," a reality TV show, whose main…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
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Erdrich, Persia – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2013
Ojibwemotaadidaa Omaa Gidakiiminaang (let's speak Ojibwe to one another here on our Earth) is an Ojibwe language immersion program funded by Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (FDLTCC, Cloquet, MN) and with grants from the State of Minnesota. With a development team that included FDLTCC President Larry Anderson, among others, participants…
Descriptors: Tribally Controlled Education, Immersion Programs, Expertise, Integrity
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Harwood, Stacy A.; Huntt, Margaret Browne; Mendenhall, Ruby; Lewis, Jioni A. – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2012
Students of color often perceive the campus climate more negatively than do their White counterparts. Our study begins to uncover what students of color experience in residence halls. Using focus group data from a larger study exploring racial microaggressions at a predominantly White institution (PWI), we identified over 70 racial…
Descriptors: African American Students, American Indians, Asian American Students, Graduate Students
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Nesi, Hilary – Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2012
This paper analyses laughter in spoken academic discourse, with the aim of discovering why lecturers provoke laughter in their lectures. A further purpose of the paper is to identify episodes in British data which may differ from those in other cultural contexts where other lecturing practices prevail, and thus to inform the design of study skills…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Academic Discourse, Multilingualism, Intimacy
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Huuki, Tuija; Manninen, Sari; Sunnari, Vappu – Gender and Education, 2010
Through a feminist approach this paper illustrates how humour is used as a resource and strategy for status among Finnish school boys and in constructing culturally accepted masculinity in the field of informal school. Based on interview and observation material collected in three schools, the results suggest that although humour is often…
Descriptors: Feminism, Social Status, Peer Groups, Males
Brock, Barbara L.; Grady, Marilyn L. – Corwin, 2011
While many books outline the attributes of successful school leaders, few describe how those traits manifest in daily practice. "The Daily Practices of Successful Principals" goes beyond the outward picture of excellence and provides a compendium of daily practices used by successful principals in various settings. Written by former administrators…
Descriptors: Altruism, Humor, Teacher Leadership, Principals
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