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Bang, EunJin; Luft, Julie A. – Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, 2013
This study examined the technology use of beginning secondary science teachers and explored factors facilitating or inhibiting their use of technology. The researchers collected and analyzed interviews and observational data from 95 teachers over a 5-year period. The results show that teachers used PowerPoint the most and other software the least…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Science, Classroom Environment
Leach, Generosa; Hunter, Roberta; Hunter, Jodie – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2014
Interaction and dialogue are seen as essential components of mathematics classrooms of the 21st century. In this paper we explore the pedagogical actions a teacher takes to reposition his diverse learners as active and engaged participants in the classroom. The findings illustrate the need for explicit teacher modelling of ways for students to…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Cultural Differences, Classroom Environment, Classroom Communication
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Milner, H. Richard, IV – Multicultural Education, 2014
In an era of student testing by any means necessary, it has become increasingly rare to locate teachers who are committed to teaching students to improve society because they are instead under immense pressure to raise test scores (Darling-Hammond, 2010; Ladson-Billings, 2006). Ms. Shaw, the social studies teacher discussed in this article, is…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Middle Schools, Culturally Relevant Education, Classroom Environment
Buckman, Karen Hildebrant – ProQuest LLC, 2010
College professors face many pressing challenges: staying current in their disciplines, becoming familiar with new technology, responding to national accountability issues, publishing scholarly research in their fields, and facilitating student learning in their classes. Teaching and learning are complex processes. Humor is a powerful…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Interviews, Humor, Teaching Methods
Alkhatnai, Mubarak – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The primary purpose of this study was to examine Saudi EFL college students' perceptual learning styles in order to determine whether their perception of their learning styles is a predictor of academic persistence, satisfaction and success in different learning environments. Participants' perceptions about their learning styles in both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Style, Classroom Environment, College Students
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Chiodo, John J.; Byford, Jeffery – Journal of Social Studies Research, 2004
Building on previous research conducted over the past thirty years, this study attempts to inquire about students' attitudes towards social studies. Using a phenomenological research approach, two groups of eighth and eleventh grade students were interviewed. A total of forty-eight students were selected to participate in the study. With…
Descriptors: Grade 11, Grade 8, Social Studies, Phenomenology
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Winne, Philip H.; Marx, Ronald W. – Elementary School Journal, 1982
Explored (1) the cognitive responses elementary-school students made to teaching events and (2) the cognitive processes their teachers intended them to use in typical classroom lessons. (MP)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Hickman, Richard – Art Education, 2001
Explores why art teachers include various objects and resources in their classroom environments. Focuses on different categories of art teachers: (1) high priest (concerned with personal expression); (2) technocrats (concerned with exploration); (3) social workers (concerned with social awareness); and (4) pedagogues (concerned with developing the…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Teachers, Classroom Environment, Educational Resources
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Suresh, Radhika – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2007
Attrition in engineering programs continues to be an important issue for universities across the country. This study examined the connection between student performance in barrier courses and persistence in engineering. Quantitative results showed that high school academic experience, student behaviors (including study habits, work habits, coping…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement, Student Behavior, Teaching Styles
Olson, John K. – 1984
A preliminary case study used repertory grid and stimulated recall techniques to examine how teachers make sense of the impact of microcomputers on their work. Emphasis was on how teachers construe their classroom influence in relation to the actual use of microcomputers and to idealizations of their use. A version of the Kelly (1955) repgrid was…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Angulo, Luis Miguel Villar; de la Rosa, Olga Maria Alegre – College Quarterly, 2006
Twelve instructors' reflections lead to engagement and proactivity in pedagogical knowledge, thus building an analytical approach which is fundamental to the development of university professional practice. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Educational Innovation
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Wahyudi; Treagust, David F. – Research in Science Education, 2004
This study reports on teaching practices in science classrooms of Indonesian lower secondary schools in rural areas. Using six schools from three districts in the province of Kalimantan Selatan as the sample, this study found that most teaching practices in science classrooms in rural schools were teacher-centred with students copying notes.…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Secondary School Science, Rural Schools, Questioning Techniques
Wengel, Marni – 1992
A study was conducted at a new elementary school in central Virginia to investigate influences on teachers' choices of seating arrangements and to determine the best seating arrangement to use. Four classroom teachers, each with an average class size of 20 students, volunteered to be observed and interviewed. The teachers taught at different grade…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Class Organization, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment
Shaw, Edward L., Jr.; And Others – Georgia Social Science Journal, 1990
Surveys students majoring in education in the United States and Sri Lanka to explore reminiscences of memorable teachers. Categorizes memories according to teachers' personal and professional characteristics, methods, classroom environments, extra efforts, and influences. Includes students' statements and appends the study's questionnaire. Notes…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, College Students, Cross Cultural Studies, Education Majors