Classroom research on mathematics and language: seeing learners and teachers differently

Author(s):  
Ingólfur Gíslason
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1972 ◽  
Vol 17 (11) ◽  
pp. 607-609
Author(s):  
BRYCE B. HUDGINS
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10.1558/37291 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 242-263
Author(s):  
Stefano Rastelli ◽  
Kook-Hee Gil

This paper offers a new insight into GenSLA classroom research in light of recent developments in the Minimalist Program (MP). Recent research in GenSLA has shown how generative linguistics and acquisition studies can inform the language classroom, mostly focusing on what linguistic aspects of target properties should be integrated as a part of the classroom input. Based on insights from Chomsky’s ‘three factors for language design’ – which bring together the Faculty of Language, input and general principles of economy and efficient computation (the third factor effect) for language development – we put forward a theoretical rationale for how classroom research can offer a unique environment to test the learnability in L2 through the statistical enhancement of the input to which learners are exposed.


2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thamar Melanie Heijstra ◽  
Margrét Sigrún Sigurðardóttir

The flipped classroom offers a new approach to student-centred teaching and learning by moving the lecture out of the classroom. Research on the topic reveals that the flexibility of viewing the recorded lectures at a time and speed that is convenient to the student is what students appreciate mostly in the flipped classroom. This article examines the viewing pattern of students regarding recorded lectures in a course that has been flipped. The findings reveal a decline in the number of students who view the recordings over the duration of the course semester. Furthermore, the findings support earlier research results revealing that women and older students rely more on recorded lectures than other students. In addition, the study shows that there is a positive correlation between viewing the recorded material and the final grade of students in the course. It is thus surmised that even if in-class activity is very important for the flipped classroom to work, the recordings do have additional value, which is reflected by higher final course grades for students who view them. The flexibility of viewing recordings more than once and at the most relevant and convenient time seems to increase students’ understanding, and is regarded an important asset of flipped classroom teaching.


2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 551-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melinda Whong ◽  
Kook-Hee Gil ◽  
Heather Marsden

This article reviews studies in second language classroom research from a cross-theoretic perspective, arguing that the classroom holds the potential for bringing together researchers from opposing theoretical orientations. It shows how generative and general cognitive approaches share a view of language that implicates both implicit and explicit knowledge, and that holds a bias towards implicit knowledge. Arguing that it is implicit knowledge that should be the object of research, it proposes that classroom research would benefit from incorporating insights from a generative understanding of language. Specifically, there is a need for a more nuanced view of the complexity of language in terms of linguistic domain, and the interaction between those domains. Generative second language acquisition research that shows developmental differences in terms of both linguistic domain and interface is reviewed. The core argument is a call for more attention to the ‘what’ of language development in classroom research and, by implication, teaching practice. As such, the language classroom is seen to offer potential for research that goes beyond paradigm to address both the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ of language development.


Author(s):  
Lie Yang ◽  
Tiantian Sun ◽  
Yanli Liu

The paper analyzed the global growth and development of flipped classroom research productivity in terms of publication output as reflected in SCI/SSCI for the period 2000-2015. Publication types and languages, characteristics of articles outputs, countries, subject categories and journals, and the frequency of keywords were analyzed using bibliometric methods. There are 149 articles in 78 journals listed in 41 SCI/SSCI subject categories. A sharp growth trend of publication output was observed during 2011-2015. USA played a predominant role in flipped classroom research. Education educational research, chemistry and medical were the top 3 categories and “active learning” and “blended learning” recent major topics of flipped classroom research during the past 16 years. The results could help researchers understand the characteristics of research output and search hot spots of flipped education field.


Author(s):  
Olga Sergeevna Kvashnina ◽  
Ekaterina Andreevna Martynko

Despite the buzz around the flipped or inverted classroom as a new trend in educational practice and research, there is a limited number of studies on its effectiveness in English as a Second Language (ESL) teaching. This paper aims at contributing to the field of flipped classroom research by examining and analyzing the outcomes of the experiment conducted at the Tomsk Polytechnic University within the course of English for Engineering. Outlining several challenges, the authors conclude on the significant benefits of the flipped classroom model in ESL teaching including an increase in students’ overall performance on the course, enhancement of students’ motivation and improvement of their autonomous learning skills.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1) ◽  
pp. 526
Author(s):  
Marcus Grandon

In this classroom research project, 27 learners in three courses at one university use professional-level, photo-editing software to create and remix images in language lessons. The overarching purpose of this study is to deepen understanding of what actually occurs in lessons through the use of materials. I delivered these lessons with a Content and Language Integrated Learning approach in which English was used for both the teaching and learning of not only lesson content but also language (Coyle, Hood, & Marsh, 2010). Data include emails written by the learners to describe and evaluate their experiences with the software, digital artifacts created during the courses, and my research journal. Qualitative analysis is conducted in a grounded fashion using iterative coding (Saldaña, 2013) to identify emergent themes from a research perspective of materials use. Learners appear to demonstrate self-direction and creativity in highly personal ways throughout the lessons. 本授業調査研究では、ある大学における3つのコースにおいて、27人の学習者が専門家レベルの写真編集ソフトウェアを使用し、語学の授業内で画像の作成およびリミックスを行った。この研究の包括的な目的は、学習者にこれら諸教材を用いることにより授業中に起こることを深く理解させることである。本研究指導者は、授業内容だけでなく言語教育と学習の両方に英語を使用するContent and Language Integrated Learning(内容言語統合型学習)によるアプローチを用いた (Coyle, Hood, & Marsh, 2010)。データには、ソフトウェアを用いた経験を説明および評価するために学習者が書いた電子メール、コース中に作成したデジタルアーティファクト、および指導者が所持する研究ジャーナルを含む。質的分析には、教材使用の研究展望から生まれてくるテーマを特定するために反復コーディング (Saldaña, 2013)を用いた。学生はレッスンを通じ、自分なりのやり方で自己主導性と創造性を示した。


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