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Peer reviewedHolmes, Robyn M. – Reading Improvement, 1991
Examines how kindergarten children's concepts of work and play affect their classification of school activities. Finds that children classify the activities as either play or work on the basis of absence of the teacher, location of activity, level of noise permitted, and the materials used. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research
Heyda, Pamela A. – 2002
This guide for primary school teachers presents commonly asked questions and answers. Chapter 1, "How Do I Set Up My Classroom?" discusses desk and furniture arrangement. Chapter 2, "How Do I Survive the First Days of School?" offers tips for meeting and greeting students, establishing routines, and presenting activities.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Class Organization, Classroom Design, Classroom Techniques
White, Carolyn – Australian Journal of Reading, 1982
Recounts how observation of children who were just beginning to write convinced a teacher that very young children can write, and thus changed the way she taught. (JL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Class Organization, Primary Education, Student Teacher Relationship
Ross, Rhonda P. – 1984
In order to discover how teachers structure the school day, this study examined the relationship between the sequencing, number, and duration of Gump's (1969) "activity segments" and the transitions between them. Detailed notes were written by an observer in 96 hours of observations of four primary and four intermediate classrooms. The…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
Download full textChoi, Kee Young – 1997
This ethnographic study investigated the process of rule-making in two public kindergarten classrooms in Korea. Two teachers and 38 children, ages 5 and 6 years old, participated. Analyses of observation field notes and videotapes showed teachers making weekly rules for classroom, activity centers, and special activities, using both whole-group…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Class Organization, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
Peer reviewedGlasswell, Kathryn; Parr, Judy M.; McNaughton, Stuart – Reading Teacher, 2003
Analyzes a case of a struggling student writer who was not helped by good classroom techniques. Proposes that for educators to help struggling writers, they need to focus on both the student and the activity system within which the student works. Concludes that educators need to take account of: teachers' and children's ideas; organization for…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Activities, Class Organization, Educational Objectives
Rathbone, Charles; And Others – 1993
This book reports on a three-part qualitative research study examining multiage classrooms from different perspectives. Part 1 of the book describes the activities of a K-3 multiage classroom, based on 40 days of observation and participation. The four chapters in this part offer a description of a typical day in the observed classroom; a brief…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Class Organization, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques
