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Peer reviewedDunn, Kenneth; Dunn, Rita – Educational Leadership, 1987
Challenges 15 popular beliefs held about students and optimal learning environments by citing data from studies of student learning styles. Individual learning styles vary, and academic achievement can be improved by providing flexible teaching styles and classroom environments where students can match their learning styles. Includes extensive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style, Educational Research
Download full textBear, George G., Ed.; Minke, Kathleen M., Ed.; Thomas, Alex, Ed. – 1997
The expanding needs of children today demand effective prevention and treatment programs. Some model programs that address these needs are described here. Schools are now being called upon to serve a population with a tremendous multiplicity of physical, social, emotional, and academic problems in an atmosphere of public dissatisfaction with…
Descriptors: Child Health, Childhood Needs, Classroom Techniques, Educational Practices
Larkin, Ronald F. – 1984
The research on effective schools has identified the superintendent's role as critical in the success of school improvement efforts. The New Brunswick school improvement program is featured as an example of a successful program. In 1980 the New Brunswick school system selected a new superintendent who faced a district with myriad problems…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Educational Administration, Educational Change
Della-Dora, Delmo, Ed.; Blanchard, Lois Jerry, Ed. – 1979
This document describes self-directed learning, summarizes practices and research since 1930, examines sociocultural influences on teaching and learning, and describes methods for initiating self-directed programs at all levels. Chapter I describes areas in which students could take responsibility for their own learning: selecting methods and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cultural Influences, Educational Practices, Educational Research
