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Malsbary, Christine Brigid; Espinoza, Samantha; Bales, Lisa – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2016
In usual understandings of learning, youths' development in classrooms is portrayed as a move from being a novice to an expert. However, findings of the present anthropologically framed study support us to argue that learning, rather, can be characterized as youths' simultaneous occupation of novice and expert roles. We refer to this simultaneous…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Student Diversity, High School Students
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Andrà, Chiara; Liljedahl, Peter – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2014
In this article we examine intuitions as they emerge in groupwork activities. We provide a framework and a methodology to code various aspects of the activity, social and mathematical. Focusing mostly on students' gazes, we explore how affective moves give rise to, and determine, students' interactions and thoughts. We argue that intuition does…
Descriptors: Intuition, Class Activities, Interpersonal Relationship, Secondary School Students
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Praneetponkrang, Sasitorn; Phaiboonnugulkij, Malinee – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
This article aims to advocate retelling stories technique for developing speaking ability of grade 9 students in Thailand. Morrow's theory (1981) and other scholars in retelling stories technique are presented. This technique is integrated in the lesson plans following Morrow's framework. Narrative text of short stories which refer to daily life…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Story Telling, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)
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Echeverria, Alejandro; Nussbaum, Miguel; Calderon, Juan Felipe; Bravo, Claudio; Infante, Cristian; Vasquez, Andrea – Interactive Learning Environments, 2011
The use of handheld computers in educational contexts has increased considerably in recent years and their value as a teaching tool has been confirmed by many positive experiences, particular within collaborative learning systems (Mobile Computer Supported Collaborative Learning [MCSCL]). The cost of the devices has hindered widespread use in…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Physics, Technology Uses in Education, Courseware
Sabena, Cristina; Radford, Luis; Bardini, Caroline – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2005
In this paper we focus on the role of signs in students' perceptive processes underpinning the generalization of numeric-geometric patterns. Based on a videotaped Grade 9 classroom group activity undertaken by three students and framed by a cultural-semiotic theoretical perspective, we carry out a microgenetic analysis of an elementary form of…
Descriptors: Generalization, Grade 9, Semiotics, Nonverbal Communication