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Secondary Pre-Service Teachers' Perceptions of an Ideal Classroom Environment
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Bartelheim, Frederick J.; Conn, Daniel R. – Current Issues in Education, 2014
The classroom environment can impact students' motivation and engagement, and can influence students' academic learning. In some cases, pre-service teachers' influence on the classroom environment may not always be conducive for student learning. This exploratory study investigated pre-service teachers' perceptions of an ideal classroom…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Secondary School Curriculum, Best Practices, Classroom Environment
The Promise of Secondary Content Area Literacy Field Experiences
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Daisey, Peggy – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2012
Secondary preservice teachers (N = 67) in a required content area literacy course and 30-hour field experience presented tradebooks, biographies, as well as pre, during, and after reading lessons based on topics in their content area to middle and high school students. At the end of the semester, they were asked to complete an anonymous survey.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Secondary Education, Content Area Reading, Field Experience Programs
Assessing the Quality of Essays Using the SOLO Taxonomy: Effects of Field and Classroom-Based Experiences by "A" Level Geography Students
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Munowenyu, Ernest – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2007
This paper explores "meaningful learning" as influenced by "constructivism." The study focused on assessing and comparing the quality of essays written by students who learnt a given topic in a classroom setting ("control") to those who learnt the same topic in the field ("experimental"). The objective was…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Classification, Essays, Secondary School Curriculum