Sentences with phrase «in academic discourse»

The research has shown that engaging students in academic discourse provides students opportunities to build and challenge ideas, to practice using academic vocabulary and to process what they are learning.

No student comes to school adept in academic discourse — thus, thoughtful instruction is required.

There is certainly a role for blogging to play in academic discourse, but it is a role that is separate and apart from more traditional forms of academic communication.

Although teachers may be proficient in their subject area knowledge, many do not employ instructional strategies that engage students in academic discourse.

The second strand, thriving in academic discourse but remarkably difficult to express in popular discourse, is that the state must take steps to accommodate religious believers whose practices are burdened by otherwise neutral state laws.

Some of the schools I work with in Oakland, California, are aspiring to this description of academic discourse in the classroom: «Conversations in whole and small group settings are facilitated by students and consistently involve all students in academic discourse among students.

That isn't to say that we do nothing, but as role models in academic discourse, it means we have to honor opinions and focus on learning and sharing diverse viewpoints, even if that means a student settles on a viewpoint we do not share.

It is also important to give students «frequent opportunities to use oral language in the classroom,» both in conversational English as well as in academic discourse.

Most secondary teachers have encountered students who overuse vague, general words like nice and stuff in their academic discourse and writing.

Their collective approach to art - making is steeped in academic discourse, and whilst retaining the vibrancy of their graffiti backgrounds, traditional art movements such as Futurism, Abstract Expressionism and Precisionism are also embraced by the visual vocabulary imbued within their work.

«A university art museum provides a unique opportunity to work with artists at the forefront of their fields, while participating directly in the academic discourse of the wider institution.

This practice addresses students» communication skills and offers an opportunity to engage in academic discourse.

A key strength is the ability to employ instructional strategies that engage students in academic discourse.

In Oakland, Maria Santos uses «instructional rounds,» much like those in teaching hospitals, to coach educators on how to best involve ELL students in academic discourse.