Silver, Rita

"The project investigated the effectiveness of in-service as an intervention in teacher development. Specifically it examined whether in-service workshops could change classroom pedagogy for use of peer work in English language teaching and teacher thinking regarding the use of peer work for language learning." -- p. 1.

"English language use and opportunities for language learning by Singaporean children in P1 and P3 were investigated in this study. The focus was on children's language use while engaged in pair and group work in English language classes. Comparisons were made with language use during peer work in content area classes (e.g. Maths, PE). Specifically, the objectives for this project were to: describe the use of pair/group work in EL and content area courses at P1 and P3, determine when peer work was used in lessons (within the sequence of activities), how it was used (type of activities), and why (purposes); examine the type of language used in peer work and how this could lead to or subtract from language learning opportunities; develop recommendations for improving use of peer work in order to foster language learning, develop the pragmatic/social skills needed for effective collaboration, and build a foundation for interdisciplinary project work in upper primary."-- [p. 1].

"This study examines the extent to which negotiation for meaning (NFM) enhances primary school students' English reading comprehension in the Singapore context." -- p. 7.

"This one-year project was an investigation into the ongoing implementation of recent policy initiatives that influence pedagogies, curriculum innovation, and instructional practices in primary education in Singapore. Investigation covered P1 and P2 in all core subjects: English, Mother Tongue (Chinese, Malay, Tamil) and mathematics. It included investigation of local contextual conditions which impact the work of policy developers and implementers at all levels within the system: class, school, zone, national. Our goal was to assist in developing a more complete understanding of the specific, local challenges of policy implementation." -- p. 2.

A study of the implementation of the Strategies for effective engagement and development (SEED). SEED "aimed to assist teachers in engaging learners and support student development by utilising effective teaching strategies, which built upon an understanding of learner needs and learning styles of children in lower primary. As such the SEED initiative advocates the adoption of developmentally appropriate teaching practices and assessment modes." -- p. 4-5.

"The objectives for this project were to: describe the use of peer work in Singapore primary schools ; examine the language used by students during peer work ; develop specific recommendations for improving peer work ; develop a prototype of intervention at the primary level." -- p. 2 of executive summary.

"Our purpose in this manual is to establish and document useful procedures for maximizing research data, especially from classroom studies, using corpus software for data analysis and management. In non-technical language, we provide an overview of the purposes for corpus-based research and necessary procedures for corpus-based analyses with specific reference to tools used and developed at CRPP. Our goal is to help readers understand some of the distinctive features of corpus-based research and make informed decisions about whether this approach would be fruitful for their own work. " -- p. 6.