Boyd studies the responses to a series of questions from six teacher-librarians who are generally regarded as influential leaders within field. These will be analyzed with view testing Hartzell's scaffolding for building influence teacher-librarian.

Research in the field of vocabulary learning has shown that child L2 learners need to meet words again and again in new contexts in order to expand and deepen their word knowledge. In an instructional setting, cognitive processing is enhanced not only by the interplay between language use and metalinguistic reflection during classroom interaction but also by the activation and articulation of d...

The purpose of this study was to identify the types peer scaffolding used by Thai EFL students while completing reading activities. Pre-test, post-test and test procedures were implemented measure impact on students’ comprehension. checklist employed in classroom. This found that gained higher mean scores after engaging activities along with strategies. beginner elementary mostly proc...

Inordertobetterunderstandteachers’perspectivesonthedesignanddevelopmentofdigitalgamebased learning environments, this study examined the characteristics of digital learning games designedbyteachers.Inaddition,thisstudyexploredhowgamedesignandpeercritiqueactivities influencedtheirperceptionsofdigitalgame-basedlearningenvironmentsandlearningthrou...

a r t i c l e i n f o The study examined pre-kindergarten teacher–child relationship as a predictor of peer victimization up to first grade, assessed whether this role moderated risks from children's social withdrawal and/or aggression. Participants were 377 Australian children from 12 schools. Parent ratings of victimization in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and first grade were used, as well ...

This study explores how web-based scaffolding tools provide instructional support while implementing a socio-scientific inquiry (SSI) unit in a science classroom. This case study focused on how students used web-based scaffolding tools during SSI activities, and how students perceived the SSI unit and the scaffolding tools embedded in the SSI activities. A web-based SSI unit was developed and u...

In this study, storytelling was surveyed with regard to the impact that it might haveon student-teacher interactional patterns. For this aim, the researchers utilized anintact class with ten young students in a language institute in a north eastern part ofthe country. Four sessions of the class were transcribed after a full observationalprotocol. Two groups of Interactional patterns on student-...

BACKGROUND High quality feedback is vital to learning in medical education but many students and teachers have expressed dissatisfaction on current feedback practices. Lack of teachers' insight into students' feedback requirements may be a key, which might be addressed by giving control to the students with student led feedback practices. The conceptual framework was built on three dimensions o...

The utilization of instructional scaffolding is a crucial element in the process imparting novel knowledge or skills to students. This approach involves teacher providing and modifying support for students order optimize their classroom participation academic outcomes. present study offers an examination seventh-grade geography lesson focused on Middle East. employs contextual scaffolding, supp...