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Peer reviewedCoomber, James E.; And Others – Research in the Teaching of English, 1986
Investigates whether students could more easily remember synthetic words by rehearsing with definitions, examples, or sentence composing. Concludes that students who used sentence composing performed better on a posttest than those who had rehearsed using examples and definitions. (SRT)
Descriptors: Definitions, Higher Education, Language Processing, Language Research
Peer reviewedCook, Guy – ELT Journal, 1997
Challenges the belief in contemporary English language teaching that students should be exposed to authentic or natural language focused on achieving practical purposes, and draws some lessons from the classroom from the way young children play with language. (15 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Adults, Child Language, Childrens Games, Course Content
Peer reviewedCiochine, John G.; Polivka, Grace – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1997
Describes the use of writing activities as tools for teaching mathematics while helping students develop communication and reasoning skills. Writing takes the form of formal essays about mathematical problems, writing to prompts, or focused journal writing. Students learn to clarify, refine, and consolidate thinking. Children learn mathematics…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Content Area Writing, Cues, Instructional Innovation
