Studying language teacher cognition: Understanding and enacting theoretically consistent instructional practices

Language Networks as Models of Cognition: Understanding Cognition through Language

Language is inherently cognitive and distinctly human. Separating languageas-object from the human mind that processes and creates language fails to capture the full language system. Linguistics traditionally has focused on the study of language as a static representation, removed from the human mind. Network analysis has traditionally been focused on the properties and structure that emerge fr...

Examining Technological Disparities and Instructional Practices in English Language Arts Classroom: Implications for School Leadership and Teacher Training

A considerable amount of research has been conducted about technological disparity within various classroom instructional practices; yet educators have concerned about the chronic underachievement of students in urban school settings. In order for technology to have its greatest impact on our educational system, teachers and student must not only access to technology, but access to technology i...

Social Cognition of Gender and Language

The question, Do men and women use language differently played a central part in the emergence of feminist socio linguistics more than two decades ago, and it casts a long shadow. This paper focuses on the literature that has contributed to the understanding of the major research questions underlying two major strands, language and gender, concentrating on the development of the literature from...

How Does a Seventh-Grade Language Arts Teacher Adjust Instructional Practices when Introduced to a Scheduling Change, Namely Block Scheduling

Editorial: Re-Enacting Sensorimotor Experience for Cognition

Recent findings in cognitive science suggest that the human brain implements processes of simulation of sensorimotor activity (Pezzulo et al., 2013; Case et al., 2015; Wood et al., 2016). By re-enacting sensorimotor experience, the brain would be capable of anticipating the sensory consequences of intended motor actions. This would enable the individual to efficiently and fluidly interact with ...