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Direct linkCannon, Shannon Kay – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Based on a mixed methods research design that included an examination of the impact of summer, case study analyses, and survey findings, English learners appear to have an advantage over their non-English learner peers in resisting summer loss and developing social competence. This study examined the effect of summer vacation on the oral reading…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Research Design, Methods Research, Reading Fluency
Peer reviewedWright, Jone P.; Wright, C. Dan – Journal of Educational Research, 1986
An interest inventory was administered to 99 fourth-graders and used to personalize a pool of word problems previously selected by experts. Subjects were then administered tests with standard and personalized problems. Results indicated that personalization improved performance in selecting the correct process but not in computation of correct…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Language Experience Approach
Peer reviewedFerguson, Anne M.; Fairburn, Jo – Reading Teacher, 1985
Reports findings of a study demonstrating that language experience techniques can help students comprehend math story problems and successfully apply the mathematical concepts necessary for their solution. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Education, Language Experience Approach, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedGrabe, Mark; Grabe, Cindy – Reading Teacher, 1985
Reports findings of a study demonstrating that language experience techniques can help students comprehend math story problems and successfully apply the mathematical concepts necessary for their solution. (FL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Language Experience Approach, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedDavidson, James E. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1977
A language-experience approach to teaching children to solve story problems is described. (JT)
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction, Language Experience Approach
Peer reviewedReeder, Kenneth – English Education, 1982
Reviews current theories of language teaching and learning. Considers thinking and problem solving as the impetus to linguistic growth and change. Encourages teachers to devise genuine problem solving tasks for young children that begin by observing/examining and end in expression through writing. (RL)
Descriptors: Child Development, Critical Thinking, Elementary Education, English Teacher Education
Howell, Mary R.; Bell, Pat – 1981
Designed for fifth grade mathematics teachers, the three inservice sessions described in this booklet balance the theoretical with the practical and show teachers how to help students through the activity of writing word problems based on their own experiences. Using a total language-thinking approach to helping students read and solve word…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Context Clues, Grade 5, Inservice Teacher Education
Download full textNorth Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1987
Designed for use by basic education teachers, this teaching guide outlines a summer school communication skills program for at-risk students which seeks to build self-esteem through high-interest, success-oriented experiences and to enhance language development by providing opportunities to use language in meaningful situations. The guide…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Compensatory Education, Grade 3, High Risk Students
Martin, Sabrina Budasi – 1996
This teaching guide contains the materials required to teach the workplace English-as-a-second-language curriculum that was designed specifically for nonnative English speakers at a shirt and tie manufacturing plant in Kentucky. Developed through the efforts of a partnership involving the plant, the local union of needle trades and textile…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives
