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Showing 1 to 20 of 62 for “"classroom interactions"”.
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The engagement of children with learning difficulties within primary classroom interactions
… in curricular activities, by focusing on classroom interactions within mainstream primary schools. In the current educational climate, there is a shift towards increasing the participation of children with special needs, alongside recent governmental guidance supporting the implementation …
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ADOLESCENT GEOGRAPHIES IN THE CLASSROOM: INTERACTIONS WITH PLACE- AND COMMUNITY-BASED EDUCATION
… study was to examine three phenomena, 1.) the classroom struggles and successes of students and teachers participating in a place- and community-based curriculum; 2). students personal geographies: their experiences, perspectives and interpretations of their homes, school, community and city; …
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Pre-kindergarten instructional classroom interactions associated with phonological awareness and vocabulary knowledge
The quantitative study examined 325 classroom scores of phonological awareness and vocabulary knowledge across time at the beginning (BOY), middle (MOY), and end (EOY) of the year in Pre-kindergarten (Pre-K). The study also investigated the association between Pre-K classroom instructional …
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Talking To Learn: A Formative Experiment On Constructing Meaning Though Collaborative Classroom Interactions
… set the stage for teaching and learning in many classrooms. This establishes a particular classroom environment and often leads to behaviorist instructional methods, such as recitation. Utilizing a formative experiment design, this research integrated constructivist modes of learning and explored …
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Developing creativity within primary science teaching: What does it look like and how can classroom interactions augment the process?
This study contributes to the understanding of what it is that primary school teachers do (or could do) when engaging with their pupils to nurture creativity in science lessons. The research consists of a series of observations (i.e. three related cases), post-observational interviews with teachers …
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The effects of gender on the behaviors and perceptions of students and instructors in the college classroom
… 1) to develop empirically sound measures of classroom interaction including self-report and behavioral assessment instruments, 2) to test a proposed interactional model of classroom interaction patterns by conducting behavioral observations of college classrooms, and 3) to assess for gender …
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Communicative Inferencing Between Classroom Teachers and Limited English Proficient International Children (Sociolinguistics, Discourse)
… international pupils in three mainstream classrooms: a kindergarten, first grade and third grade. The locus of observation was a dyadic instructional encounter, in which one of the participants perceived that the child required help to carry out a task. Natural classroom interactions were …
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Culturally Attributable Interactions Between a Stateside Science Teacher and Chamorro Students on Guam
… on Guam specifically those involving science classroom interactions between secondary students and teachers by providing a rationale for these interactions. At the onset it is important to recognize that Guam's public science education program is unique in that nearly all of our secondary …
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A study of designerly activity in secondary design and technology
… this study: (a) What are the features of the classroom interactions that support pupil's design activity? (b) What sort of designing do pupils do when they design without having to make what they have designed? (c) What is the teachers' attitude to design-without-make? (d) What is the pupils' …
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English language learning kindergartners' dynamic responses to picturebook reading
… response to picturebook readings in a mainstream classroom. Three focal Spanish-speaking kindergartners and their classroom teacher took part in this study. Data were collected daily for four months in a half-day morning kindergarten program. The participants' verbal and nonverbal classroom …
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Unsupervised discovery and validation of affective engagement states using synchronized EEG and eye-tracking during digital learning
… and validating affective states during real classroom interactions.
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Using The Instructional Congruence Model To Change A Science Teacher's Practices And English Language Learners' Attitudes And Achievement In Science
… practices were rated higher, and different classroom interactions increased significantly. The instructional congruence model in science education has been successful in reaching different learners, improving students' attitudes and achievement in science and enhancing teacher's views and …
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Using multicultural literature across curriculum to foster an understanding and acceptance of diversity
… the overall environment of an elementary school classroom. In response to a cross-curricular multicultural literature unit, the four first grade self-contained participants of this study demonstrated progression from a recognition of physical differences to an acceptance of diversity. My methods …
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A Qualitative Study of the Use of Content-Related Comics to Promote Student Participation in Mathematical Discourse in a Math I Support Class
… study is to contribute to existing research on classroom discourse by investigating whether a content-related comic that is closely linked to the learning task can stimulate mathematical discourse in a real high school classroom. To build a math-talk learning community and to analyze the …
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Trying to make sense of the Trojan Horse incident: using historical documents to prompt discussion of politically sensitive issues in secondary schools in Cape Town
… to a differentiation between the discourse of classroom talk, and informal discourses outside the classroom situation. I also differentiated between the sense making processes of teachers, being part of a generation that lived through Apartheid, and of learners, the 'new' generation who didn't …
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An investigation into the impacts of peer discourse on students' comprehension proficiency with a specific focus on English Language Learners and Students with Disabilities: A meta-analysis
… the effectiveness of engaging students in classroom discussion after reading, in order to enhance their comprehension of what they read. The present research serves the purpose of adding to and extending the current knowledge of the roles that teachers and students play in peer discourse, …
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The Makings of a Peer: Evidence on Within-Classroom Heterogeneities in Peer Effects
… essays on peer effects in elementary school classrooms using data from New York City (NYC) public schools. Each chapter explores a different component of within-classroom interactions in order to build towards an understanding of what makes a peer relevant.</p> <p>The first chapter proxies …
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Using the Four Agreements to reduce student stress in a zero tolerance school
… that emphasizes stress-free interpersonal interactions (Ruiz, 1997). By enabling students to use this philosophy as an intrinsic part of their school interactions, this qualitative action research study sought to improve the classroom behavior and enhance classroom interactions of a small …
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Understanding Faculty and Non-Traditional Student Perceptions of Self-Directed Learning in a Practical Nursing Program
… nursing program was examined through the use of: classroom observations, interviews with nursing faculty, nursing students, and document analysis. Data analysis within this study provided insight into the perceptions that exist between instructors and students and it demonstrated the differences …
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Thinking and creativity in learning mathematics teaching
… should include developing an understanding of classroom mathematical interactions. The research literature and professional expertise agree that a teacher’s ability to respond to classroom mathematical interactions depends on her understanding of the subject matter within pedagogical …
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