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Play And Imagination In Children With Autism, By Pamela J. Wolfberg., Bruce L. Mallory, Karen Erickson
Play And Imagination In Children With Autism, By Pamela J. Wolfberg., Bruce L. Mallory, Karen Erickson
Education
Play and Imagination in Children with Autism, by Pamela J. Wolfberg. Teachers College Press, 1999; 208 pp. $22.95 paperback
Reviewed by: Bruce L. Mallory, Ph.D. and Karen Erickson, Ph.D., University of New Hampshire
Learning The Art Of Instructional Conversation: The Influence Of Self-Assessment On Teachers' Instructional Discourse In A Reading Clinic, Kathleen A. Roskos, Sophie Boehlen, Barbara J. Walker
Learning The Art Of Instructional Conversation: The Influence Of Self-Assessment On Teachers' Instructional Discourse In A Reading Clinic, Kathleen A. Roskos, Sophie Boehlen, Barbara J. Walker
Education
Over 2 decades of sociolinguistic research describe the teacher's powerful role in creating the communication system that supports students' learning. Yet research evidence about how to prepare and develop professionals for this role beyond their natural discourse tendencies and style remains sparse. This study examined self-assessment as a means of teacher learning that develops teachers' understanding and use of discourse strategies that support instructional conversation. Using a discourse analysis tool and related procedures (transcription, analysis, and interpretation), 9 teachers examined the conceptual and social functions of their talk from videotaped excerpts of tutorial instruction over 5 weeks. Although the teachers' …