scholarly journals Narrative Elements in Expository Texts

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-144
Author(s):  
Nina L. Sangers ◽  
Jacqueline Evers-Vermeul ◽  
Ted J.M. Sanders ◽  
Hans Hoeken
Keyword(s):  
Educational Practice ◽  
Expository Texts ◽  
Educational Content ◽  
Educational Domain ◽  
School Subjects ◽  
History Texts

While the use of narrative elements in educational texts seems to be an adequate means to enhance students’ engagement and comprehension, we know little about how and to what extent these elements are used in the present-day educational practice. In this quantitative corpus-based analysis, we chart how and when narrative elements are used in current Dutch educational texts (N=999). While educational texts have traditionally been considered prime exemplars of expository texts, we show that the distinction between the expository and narrative genre is not that strict in the educational domain: prototypical narrative elements – particularized events, experiencing characters, and landscapes of consciousness – occur in 45% of the corpus’ texts. Their distribution varies between school subjects: while specific events, specific people, and their experiences are often at the heart of the to-be-learned information in history texts, narrativity is less present in the educational content of biology and geography texts. Instead publishers employ narrative-like strategies to make these texts more concrete and imaginable, such as the addition of fictitious characters and representative entities.

scholarly journals Governing games Adaptive game selection in the Math Garden

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 03003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthieu Brinkhuis ◽  
Wessel Cordes ◽  
Abe Hofman
Keyword(s):  
Educational Practice ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Educational Content ◽  
Promising Technique ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Young Students ◽  
Visual Interface

Utilizing online digital educational content has become the norm when teaching young students. A variety of adaptive educational practice sys- tems is readily available and allows students to practice various domains, on a preferred difficulty and pace. However, due to the intensification of the teaching profession and the possibilities of practicing from home, students might be left unsupervised, and as a result do not practice domains that are most important. This study proposes a solution to govern these students, i.e., provide comput- erized data driven supervision that guides students in practicing domains most important with no intervention of a teacher. Through an experiment involving 13 578 participants, a new governing method was tested and found to have positive effects on both engagement and learning, with almost no changes to the visual interface needed. Governing seems a promising technique in general, and was effectively tested and introduced in Math Garden.

scholarly journals Bringing deep learning to the surface

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-41
Author(s):  
Øystein Winje ◽  
Knut Løndal
Keyword(s):  
Deep Learning ◽  
General Education ◽  
International Education ◽  
Curriculum Reform ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Cognitive Learning ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Future Research ◽  
School Subjects

Deep learning is a key term in current educational discourses worldwide and used by researchers, policymakers, stakeholders, politicians, organisations and the media with different definitions and, consequently, much confusion about its meaning and usage. This systematic mapping review attempts to reduce this ambiguity by investigating the definitions of deep learning in 71 research publications on primary and secondary education from 1970 to 2018. The results show two conceptualisations of the term deep learning—1) meaningful learning and 2) transfer of learning—both based on cognitive learning perspectives. The term deep learning is used by researchers worldwide and is mainly investigated in the school subjects of science, languages and mathematics with samples of students between 13 and 16 years of age. Deep learning is also a prevalent term in current international education policy and national curriculum reform, thus deeply affecting the practice of teaching and learning in general education. Our review identifies a lack of studies investigating deep learning through perspectives other than cognitive learning theories and suggests that future research should emphasise applying embodied, affective, and social perspectives on learning in the wide array of school subjects, in lower primary education and in a variety of sociocultural contexts, to support the adaptation of deep learning to a general educational practice.

scholarly journals The Ability to Understand and Create Descriptive Texts and Essays as an Indispensable Condition for Organizing the Environment for Language Development

2020 ◽  
pp. 17-20
Author(s):  
Julia Aleksandrovna Arskaya ◽  
Akhmed Alipashevich Mamedov
Keyword(s):  
Language Development ◽  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Genre Studies ◽  
Educational Content ◽  
School Subjects ◽  
School Text

The article is devoted to the text as a multifaceted concept that a pupil is faced with both when perceiving the educational content and producing his / her own oral and written answers. The emphasis in the article is made on the two most frequent types of speech used in various school subjects, that is description and reasoning. The purpose of the work is to systemize the philological knowledge about the text, its kinds and methods of its creation, since it is necessary to know for organizing the environment for language development. During the study the following methods were used: comparative method, generalization, comparison, systemization, theoretical analysis of research and methodological literature on text theory, stylistics, genre studies and methods of teaching Russian. As a conclusion specific features for describing an object and a portrait of a person are presented; the main types of classification are introduced and principles of their building-up are formulated. A special attention in regard to the essays is paid to the laws of logic. Various examples from school text books are given. It is concluded that taking into account all the achievements accumulated in the theory of text, stylistics, genre studies, as well as methods of teaching Russian for creating an environment for language development, will allow teachers to improve the perception of tasks by students and will contribute to the formation of skills for creating written and oral answers.

scholarly journals Concepciones erróneas sobre alimentación en futuros profesores. Construcción de conocimiento pedagógico

10.14201/991 ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maximiliano Rodrigo Vega ◽  
José Manuel Ejeda Manzanera
Keyword(s):  
Educational Practice ◽  
Pedagogical Knowledge ◽  
Nutritional Knowledge ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Educational Content

RESUMEN: El presente estudio responde al interés de unir la investigación en la práctica educativa con el desarrollo del conocimiento pedagógico. En concreto, a partir de una investigación sobre la enseñanza de los conocimientos en alimentación en futuros profesores, se plantea una secuencia de niveles de concepciones que pueden constituir una guía de selección de contenidos educativos para trabajar en la Educación de la Alimentación.ABSTRACT: The present study responds to the interest of uniting research in educational practice with the development of pedagogical knowledge. Specifically, based on research into the teaching of nutritional knowledge to future teachers, a sequence of concept levels is proposed which may serve as a guide for selecting educational content to work with in the area of Nutrition Education.SOMMAIRE: Cette étude répond à l’intérêt d’unir la recherche dans le domaine de la pratique éducative au développement de la connaissance pédagogique. À partir d’une recherche sur l’enseignement des connaissances en alimentation à des futurs professeurs, on y développe une séquence de niveaux de conception qui pourraient constituer un guide pour la sélection des contenus éducatifs à travailler dans l’Éducation à l’Alimentation.

Vivid elements in Dutch educational texts

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-209
Author(s):  
Nina L. Sangers ◽  
Jacqueline Evers-Vermeul ◽  
Ted J. M. Sanders ◽  
Hans Hoeken
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Student Interaction ◽  
Expository Texts ◽  
Science Texts ◽  
Educational Domain

Abstract Educational publishers often make their expository texts more vivid, by making them emotionally interesting, concrete and imagery-provoking, and proximate in a sensory, temporal, or spatial way. Previous studies have found mixed results regarding the effects of vividness on the attractiveness, comprehensibility, and memorability of educational texts. In order to be able to account for these mixed results, we chart and describe the various ways in which educational texts can be made more vivid. Drawing from the literature on narrativity, we define prototypical narrative elements in the educational domain (i.e., particularized events, experiencing character, landscape of consciousness), and demonstrate that Dutch Social Studies and Science texts apply these elements in varying combinations. Subsequently, we illustrate how texts can be given a voice by imitating a direct, “here and now” author-student interaction.

scholarly journals Metacognitive Knowledge and Mathematical Intelligence—Two Significant Factors Influencing School Performance

Mathematics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vlastimil Chytrý ◽  
Jaroslav Říčan ◽  
Petr Eisenmann ◽  
Janka Medová
Keyword(s):  
School Performance ◽  
School Success ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Metacognitive Knowledge ◽  
Dimensional Model ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
School Subjects ◽  
Zero Correlation ◽  
Mathematical Problems ◽  
Significant Factors

Metacognitive knowledge and mathematical intelligence were tested in a group of 280 pupils of grade 7 age 12–13 years in the Czech Republic. Metacognitive knowledge was tested by the tool MAESTRA5-6+. Mathematical intelligence is understood as an important criterion of a learner’s ability to solve mathematical problems and defined as the specific sensitivity to the six particular phenomena: causality, patterns, existence and uniqueness of solution, geometric imagination, functional thinking, and perception of infinity. The main objective of the research is to explore relationships and links between metacognitive knowledge and mathematical intelligence of the learners and discover the scope of impacts of their metacognitive knowledge on the school success rate. Based on the collected answers and nearly zero correlation (r = 0.016) between the researched domains, a two-dimensional model considering the correlations between metacognitive knowledge and mathematical intelligence was designed. The developed model enables to describe an impact of the domains on the learner’s school performance within the selected school subjects, and concurrently, it emphasizes their importance within the educational practice as such.

scholarly journals An English academic reading course for Dutch pre-university students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loes Groen ◽  
Merel Keijzer ◽  
Marije Michel ◽  
Wander Lowie
Keyword(s):  
University Education ◽  
Academic Readiness ◽  
Expository Texts ◽  
Exit Exam ◽  
Academic Reading ◽  
English Classes ◽  
School Subjects ◽  
Reading To Learn ◽  
The Subject ◽  
And Linguistics

Abstract In this research note we argue that reading lessons for the subject of English in Dutch pre-university education require adjustments. Currently, these lessons do not prepare students well for university reading. Too often, lessons emphasize searching for information, the dominant skill to pass the school exit exam. Instead, students would benefit much more from instruction on reading to learn and critical reading, which are important university skills. Moreover, the expository texts for English classes generally concern school subjects instead of genuine English content such as language and linguistics. To address these problems, we are in the process of developing an academic reading course focussing on linguistic topics to enhance students’ academic readiness, while at the same time adding depth and content to the subject of English in Dutch pre-university education. An empirical study to evaluate the effectiveness of this course will follow.

scholarly journals Salafi-Progressive: Islamic Education Thinking Discourses of K.H. Aceng Zakaria

DINAMIKA ILMU ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-122
Author(s):  
Kasmuri Selamat
Keyword(s):  
Educational Practice ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Third Generation ◽  
The Third ◽  
Educational Domain ◽  
The Difference

This research is aimed to analyze K.H. Aceng Zakaria's thought of Islamic education which is focused on his educational practice to the Organization of Persatuan Islam (Persis) from 1975 to 2006. It's very interesting to study K.H. Aceng Zakaria's thought. At least, there are two reasons: firstly, there wasn't research which raised the aspect of Persatuan Islam's ‘ulama, especially in thought of educational domain, especially from the third generation. Secondly, K.H. Aceng Zakaria is known as an ulama’s of Persis who gives a lot of contribution in education not only the book but also his creativity to hold any alternative educational forum in term of providing people's interest to learn Islamic knowledge. As one of Persis's ulama, his religiosity's thought as same as other Persis ulama identical with purification idea which features as well as Salafi or salafiyyah movement. Based on this study shows, this movement often adhered to the number of stigmatizations, such as rigidity, radical attitude, and some of the similar stigma. The assumption justified when reading a book written by Tsaqil bin Shalfiq al-Qasimi entitled "Rooting out Ahlul Ahwa and Bid'ah". It's the difference from the stigmatizations, through this research, the writer concludes that the consistency of returning Islamic practice to al-Quran and al-Sunnah tends to push progressive attitude. It's proven through educational views of K.H. Aceng Zakaria which focused into an educational book written by K.H. Aceng Zakaria entitled "Zad al-Muta'allim", and his educational practice since he has decided to dedicate his life to the Persis.

Read, Understand, Learn, & Excel: Development and Testing of an Automated Reading Strategy Detection Algorithm for Postsecondary Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 1257-1267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priya Kucheria ◽  
McKay Moore Sohlberg ◽  
Jason Prideaux ◽  
Stephen Fickas
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Expository Text ◽  
Reading Strategy ◽  
Detection Algorithm ◽  
Expository Texts ◽  
Human Observer ◽  
Behavioral Strategies ◽  
Periodic Review ◽  
Wide Range

PurposeAn important predictor of postsecondary academic success is an individual's reading comprehension skills. Postsecondary readers apply a wide range of behavioral strategies to process text for learning purposes. Currently, no tools exist to detect a reader's use of strategies. The primary aim of this study was to develop Read, Understand, Learn, & Excel, an automated tool designed to detect reading strategy use and explore its accuracy in detecting strategies when students read digital, expository text.MethodAn iterative design was used to develop the computer algorithm for detecting 9 reading strategies. Twelve undergraduate students read 2 expository texts that were equated for length and complexity. A human observer documented the strategies employed by each reader, whereas the computer used digital sequences to detect the same strategies. Data were then coded and analyzed to determine agreement between the 2 sources of strategy detection (i.e., the computer and the observer).ResultsAgreement between the computer- and human-coded strategies was 75% or higher for 6 out of the 9 strategies. Only 3 out of the 9 strategies–previewing content, evaluating amount of remaining text, and periodic review and/or iterative summarizing–had less than 60% agreement.ConclusionRead, Understand, Learn, & Excel provides proof of concept that a reader's approach to engaging with academic text can be objectively and automatically captured. Clinical implications and suggestions to improve the sensitivity of the code are discussed.Supplemental Materialhttps://doi.org/10.23641/asha.8204786

Orosensory Perception, Speech Production, and Deafness

1973 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milo E. Bishop ◽  
Robert L. Ringel ◽  
Arthur S. House
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Speech Production ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
The Other ◽  
Functional Disorders ◽  
Form Discrimination ◽  
School Subjects ◽  
Oral Form ◽  
Similarities And Differences

The oral form-discrimination abilities of 18 orally educated and oriented deaf high school subjects were determined and compared to those of manually educated and oriented deaf subjects and normal-hearing subjects. The similarities and differences among the responses of the three groups were discussed and then compared to responses elicited from subjects with functional disorders of articulation. In general, the discrimination scores separated the manual deaf from the other two groups, particularly when differences in form shapes were involved in the test. The implications of the results for theories relating orosensory-discrimination abilities are discussed. It is postulated that, while a failure in oroperceptual functioning may lead to disorders of articulation, a failure to use the oral mechanism for speech activities, even in persons with normal orosensory capabilities, may result in poor performance on oroperceptual tasks.

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