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Departmentalized, Self-Contained, or Somewhere in Between: Understanding Elementary Grade-Level Organizational Decision-Making
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Parker, Audra; Rakes, Lori; Arndt, Katie – Educational Forum, 2017
Recent trends indicate a move away from self-contained classrooms and toward content-focused departmentalization in elementary schools. This study takes a snapshot of the existing organizational structures used in elementary schools in one district and explores administrators' beliefs and practices regarding this phenomenon. Our findings suggest…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, School Organization, School Administration, Decision Making
Elementary School Organization: Self-Contained and Departmentalized Classroom Structures.
Des Moines Public Schools, IA. – 1989
Surveys were conducted to investigate contemporary thought regarding organizational practices at the elementary level, with particular attention to identifying the extent to which departmentalization was supported by research and actually employed in 24 elementary schools in the Midwest and in 41 Des Moines elementary schools. Four committees…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Organization, Departments, Educational Environment
Reasonable-Size Classes for the Important Work of Education in Early Elementary Years: A Manual for Class-Size Reductions So All Children Have Small Classes and Quality Teachers in Elementary Grades. Revised.
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Achilles, C. M., Comp.; Finn, Jeremy D., Comp.; Pate-Bain, Helen, Comp. – 2001
This manual draws together evolving information about how group size influences what the group does and how learning tasks may be designed and employed to accomplish desired outcomes. The manual includes ideas from research on class size and its outcomes; theories of learning and development; and validated experiences of expert educators. It…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Class Size, Classes (Groups of Students), Classroom Design