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Todd J. Allen – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2025
Linguistic landscape (LL) projects, an experiential learning approach, enhance students' intercultural communication (IC) skills by exposing them to linguistic and cultural diversity in their communities (Li et al., 2022. Developing beginning language learners' (meta-) cultural understanding via student-led Linguistic Landscape research.…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Intercultural Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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van Berkel-van Hoof, Lian; Hermans, Daan; Knoors, Harry; Verhoeven, Ludo – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: This study investigated the effects of signs on word learning by children with developmental language disorder (DLD), in comparison with typically developing (TD) children, and the relation between a possible sign effect and children's linguistic and cognitive abilities. Method: Nine- to 11-year-old children with DLD (n = 40) and TD…
Descriptors: Signs, Children, Language Impairments, Developmental Disabilities
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Nevrelová, Marta; Ružickovám, Jana – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2019
Educational trails are marked in landscape by tourist or excursion routes of varying lengths, content focus and technical realization. The aim of the study was to create the method of evaluating the usability of educational trails in the pedagogical process in outdoor teaching. In the article, methodological procedures are presented for the…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Recreational Facilities, Tourism, Ecology
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Frischemeier, Daniel – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2020
Since many decisions in politics, economics, and social sciences are based on statistics, statistical literacy is a key component for an active citizen. Statistical skills and statistical reasoning can already be enhanced in primary school. Therefore, not only in Germany, statistics is an element of the primary-school curriculum, which usually…
Descriptors: Statistics, Elementary School Mathematics, Class Activities, Mathematics Skills
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Veraksa, Aleksander; Veraksa, Nikolay – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2016
This article defines the concepts related to symbolic and sign representations, cognition and learning in the early years. The first study experiment of teaching 33 preschool children (19 boys and 14 girls; M = 68, 5 months) the notion of rainbow phenomenon proved the equal effectiveness of the use of both sign and symbolic tools. The second study…
Descriptors: Nouns, Language Acquisition, Preschool Children, Elementary School Students
Yeaman, Andrew R. J. – School Library Journal, 1989
Describes common problems with signs used in school libraries and offers suggestions for improving their effectiveness. Techniques to be considered in designing legible signs are discussed, as well as developing a system of signs by evaluating their function in terms of instructional objectives. A list of suggested readings is provided. (CLB)
Descriptors: Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Graphic Arts
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Ault, Melinda Jones; And Others – American Journal of Mental Retardation, 1988
Three moderately mentally retarded students, aged 8-11, were taught to read words commonly found on community signs. Error percentages were similar for both progressive time-delay procedures and constant time-delay procedures, but the constant time-delay procedure was slightly more efficient in direct instructional time and number of sessions to…
Descriptors: Efficiency, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Moderate Mental Retardation