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An Ethnographic Study on "Rule Making" Activities in the Kindergarten Classrooms of Korea.
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Choi, 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
147 Practical Tips for Teaching Professors.
Magnan, Bob, Comp. – 1989
This booklet provides practical tips, techniques, hints, and suggestions developed by and for college teachers. The handbook serves as a useful guide for teachers who wish to improve their performance in the classroom. Specific topics include keeping students' attention and interest, helping students to think, teaching effectively in large group…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Collegiality
The Class Council or Self-Discipline in a Democratic Classroom.
Niedzielski, Henry – 1987
A class council can collectively decide what components will make up the instructional system in an elementary school class. A class council is a friendly assembly made up of the students and the teacher; it meets to discuss and make decisions about all aspects of the instructional system, including objectives, grading, and materials. Each student…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Working with William: Teaching, Learning, and the Joint Construction of a Struggling Writer.
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Glasswell, 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
School Settings and Their Keeping.
Gump, Paul V. – 1982
This chapter of "Helping Teachers Manage Classrooms" examines the various management techniques required by the different kinds of student groupings associated with different types of classroom activities. These activities are identified in terms of their action structures (specifying who shall do what, when, and to or with whom), their physical…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Discipline
Developing Ownership in Learning.
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Voltz, Deborah L.; Damiano-Lantz, Margaret – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1993
Strategies are presented for developing a sense of ownership in learning, for use with students from culturally diverse backgrounds who have mild to moderate disabilities. The strategies include structuring a physical environment conducive to ownership; encouraging student ownership in classroom management; and encouraging ownership in academics.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style
Yes, Talking!: Organizing the Classroom to Promote Second Language Acquisition.
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Enright, D. Scott; McCloskey, Mary Lou – TESOL Quarterly, 1985
Summarizes the central assumptions of the communicative language teaching model and the potential difficulties that regular classroom teachers may face in implementing it. Seven criteria for use in organizing communicative classrooms are presented, and applications of these criteria to decisions about organizing classroom interaction and the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Class Organization, Classroom Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages)