This research explores the ability of grade 2 students to engage in productive discussion about the state of their knowledge building using group-level feedback tools to support their metadiscourse. Two aspects of knowledge work were common to the comparison and experimental classes: BKnowledge Building talk^ (KB talk) involving teacher-student discussions and the use of Knowledge Forum, an onl...

This article systematizes the experience lived by teacher and students of course Drama for English as Second Language during first semester 2020. was particularly marked beginning COVID-19 pandemic. The provides definitions terms used but most importantly it deals with adaptation process went through to adjust contents, activities, instruction this a new virtual reality that had never been expe...

Teacher-child relationships may be a developmental issue in its own right, instead of an aspect of wider developmental issues such as attachment or adaptation to school. This paper discusses research findings on teacher-child relationships to argue that teacher-child relationships are important for carrying forward the experiences represented in the attachment behavioral system, although it is ...

Few studies investigate how teacher discourse moves relate to subsequent student in real-time small-group reading instruction with multilingual learners (MLLs). Grounded sociocultural theory and classroom research, this study examines fourth-grade MLLs engage reasoning during text-based discussions. We argue that by examining holistically - beyond speaker turns we can capture teacher-talk facil...

Text adaptation is a teacher practice used to help with reading comprehension and English language skills development for English language learners (ELLs) (Carlo, August, McLaughlin, Snow, Dressler, Lippman, Lively, & White, 2004; Echevarria, Vogt and Short, 2004; Yano, Long and Ross, 1994). The practice of text adaptation involves a teacher’s modification of texts to make them more understanda...

In a sample of 127 Spanish adolescents, the ability to understand and manage emotions, assessed by a performance measure of emotional intelligence (the MSCEIT), correlated positively with teacher ratings of academic achievement and adaptation for both males and females. Among girls, these emotional abilities also correlated positively with peer friendship nominations. After controlling for IQ a...