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McREL International, 2018
Assessment can accomplish so much more than assigning a grade! It can deepen the bonds of trust and shared commitment between teacher and student--and among students--helping the class see that when it comes to mastering content, they're all in it together. With this 8-page durable guide that is part of our Curiosity Works® series, teachers can…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Student Evaluation, Motivation Techniques, Learning Motivation
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Zajda, Joseph – Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, 2021
This book analyses discourses of effective learning environments globally. It focuses on the student's cultural identity and academic achievement, the significance of cultural and social capital to student's academic achievement, motivational strategies enhancing engagement and performance, effective teaching strategies, and quality in education…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Educational Change, Academic Achievement, Educational Policy
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Zajda, Joseph – Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, 2022
This book focuses on discourses of effective learning environments globally for reducing discrimination in schools. It offers innovative ideas concerning the future directions that education and policy reforms could take, in order to promote equality, social justice, and access to quality of education for all. The chapters offer a timely analysis…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Sex Fairness, Educational Change, Critical Theory
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Kim, Tae-Young – English Language Education, 2021
This book clarifies the fundamental difference between North America-based instrumental motivation and Korea (and East Asia)-specific competitive motivation by which the EFL learners' excessive competition to be admitted to famous universities and to be hired at a large-scale conglomerate is the main source of L2 motivation. It enables readers to…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation
Byrnes, James P. – Guilford Press, 2021
This integrative text spotlights what educators need to know about children's cognitive development across grade levels (PreK-12) and content areas. The book provides a concise introduction to developmental neuroscience and theories of learning. Chapters on general cognitive abilities probe such crucial questions as what children are capable of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Academic Achievement, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education
Budzinska, Katarzyna, Ed.; Majchrzak, Olga, Ed. – Springer, 2021
This book demonstrates how resources taken from positive psychology can benefit both teachers and learners. Positive psychology is the empirical study of how people thrive and flourish. This book explores a range of topics, such as affectivity and positive emotions, engagement, enjoyment, empathy, positive institutions, a positive L2 self-system,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Psychology, Empathy
Van Meeteren, Beth Dykstra, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2022
Children are intrigued by moving objects, even more so when they can engineer the movement. This volume in the STEM for Our Youngest Learners Series uses Ramps and Pathways as a context to provide children ages 3-8 with opportunities to engage in STEM every day. Ramps and Pathways is a meaningful and fun way for children to develop engineering…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Teaching Methods, Vignettes, Communities of Practice
Vargas Zúniga, Juan Pablo, Ed.; Barrantes León, Jesús Irán, Ed. – Online Submission, 2021
Teachers everywhere are always faced with new challenges as they engage in their pedagogical praxis; it is not easy to cater for students' needs (whether special or not) and bring about new ideas to teach and arouse students' interest and desire to learn, especially when one's job does not end at the workplace and continues at home. These are but…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Teachers
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Moulding, Brett, Ed.; Songer, Nancy, Ed.; Brenner, Kerry, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2018
It is essential for today's students to learn about science and engineering in order to make sense of the world around them and participate as informed members of a democratic society. The skills and ways of thinking that are developed and honed through engaging in scientific and engineering endeavors can be used to engage with evidence in making…
Descriptors: Science Education, Engineering, Elementary Secondary Education, Science Process Skills
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Plutino, Alessia, Ed.; Borthwick, Kate, Ed.; Corradini, Erika, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2020
The present volume collects papers from InnoConf19, which took place at the University of Southampton on the 28th of June 2019. The theme of the conference was 'Treasuring languages: innovative and creative approaches in HE'. The contributions collected in this peer-reviewed volume aim to reflect on best practice in higher education. They showcase…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Instructional Innovation
Joseph, Nicole M., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2020
This book seeks to understand the complexities of talented and high-performing Black girls and women in STEM across the P-20 trajectory. Analogously, this volume aims to understand the intersections between giftedness, its identification, and racial, gender, and academic discipline identities. The dearth of literature on this subject suggests that…
Descriptors: Gifted, Talent, Females, Gender Differences
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Ortega, Lourdes, Ed.; Han, ZhaoHong, Ed. – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2017
This volume is both a state-of-the-art display of current thinking on second language development as a complex system. It is also a tribute to Diane Larsen-Freeman for her decades of intellectual leadership in the academic disciplines of applied linguistics and second language acquisition. The chapters therein range from theoretical expositions to…
Descriptors: Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Applied Linguistics
Johnson, Stacey Margarita – Multilingual Matters, 2015
This book explores connections between the fields of foreign/second language teaching and adult learning. This interdisciplinary approach serves as a framework in order to: (a) understand the teaching methods that promote the deeper, more critical sort of language learning advocated by scholars and professional organizations, (b) understand how…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Beaven, Tita, Ed.; Rosell-Aguilar, Fernando, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2021
The Innovative Language Pedagogy Report presents new and emerging approaches to language teaching, learning, and assessment in school, further education, and higher education settings. Researchers and practitioners provide 22 research-informed, short articles on their chosen pedagogy, with examples and resources. The report is jargon-free, written…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Sundqvist, Pia; Sylvén, Liss Kerstin – New Language Learning and Teaching Environments, 2016
This book is unique in bringing together theory, research, and practice about English encountered outside the classroom -- extramural English -- and how it affects teaching and learning. The book investigates ways in which learners successfully develop their language skills through extramural English and provides tools for teachers to make use of…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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