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Using a Collaborative Academic Conversation Approach to Improve Language and Literacy
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Dunaway, Claudia; Lewis, Carlee – Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2021
Purpose: This tutorial describes a comprehensive approach to the development of collaborative academic conversations in older students with language delays and impairments. Support materials including a link to an instructional video are provided. Conclusions: These students require systematic, explicit instruction to develop competence and to…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Academic Achievement, Teaching Methods, Video Technology
Reconciling Beliefs about L2 Learning with SLA Theory and Research
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Phakiti, Aek; Plonsky, Luke – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2018
This article aims to discuss ten beliefs that teachers hold about second language (L2) learning and to relate these to relevant theories and approaches in the field of second language acquisition (SLA). It is especially written for L2 teachers who would like to know more about theoretical approaches that seek to explain L2 learning. Preliminary…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Linguistic Theory, Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Creating Masterpieces: How Course Structures and Routines Enable Student Performance
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Dean, Kathy Lund; Fornaciari, Charles J. – Journal of Management Education, 2014
Over a five-year period, we made a persistent observation: Course structures and routines, such as assignment parameters, student group process rules, and grading schemes were being consistently ignored. As a result, we got distracted by correcting these structural issues and were spending less time on student assignment performance. In this…
Descriptors: College Students, College Faculty, Business Administration Education, Course Organization
Dopaminergic Modulation of Incentive Motivation in Adolescence: Age-Related Changes in Signaling, Individual Differences, and Implications for the Development of Self-Regulation
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Luciana, Monica; Wahlstrom, Dustin; Porter, James N.; Collins, Paul F. – Developmental Psychology, 2012
Behavioral activation that is associated with incentive-reward motivation increases in adolescence relative to childhood and adulthood. This quadratic developmental pattern is generally supported by behavioral and experimental neuroscience findings. It is suggested that a focus on changes in dopamine neurotransmission is informative in…
Descriptors: Evidence, Motivation, Age Differences, Rewards
The Development of Metacognitive Knowledge in Children and Adolescents: Major Trends and Implications for Education
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Schneider, Wolfgang – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2008
This article gives an overview of developmental trends in research on metacognition in children and adolescents. Whereas a first wave of studies focused on the assessment of declarative and procedural metacognitive knowledge in schoolchildren and adolescents, a second wave focused on very young children's "theory of mind" (ToM). Findings from a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Metacognition, Children, Longitudinal Studies
Development of Children's Understanding of Cognitive Activities
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Pillow, Bradford H. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2008
Children's understanding of cognition increases greatly between early childhood and adolescence. This increase provides a developmental bridge between young children's understanding of mental states to adolescents' and adults' epistemological reflection. The author presents a framework for describing developmental changes in children's…
Descriptors: Young Children, Cognitive Processes, Social Experience, Metacognition