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Peer reviewedColbert, C. Dianne – Illinois School Research and Development, 1979
In this ethnographic study, four context variables emerged as having importance for teacher behavior: lesson type (new material, continuing topic, review); subject matter; size of instructional group (whole class, small group, individual); and time of day or week. Teacher behavior categories analyzed were: diagnostician, designer, facilitator,…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Class Size, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques
Peer reviewedPianta, Robert C.; La Paro, Karen M.; Payne, Chris; Cox, Martha J.; Bradley, Robert – Elementary School Journal, 2002
Observed 223 public school kindergarten classrooms to describe classroom activities and child-teacher interactions. Also observed global classroom quality. Found, among other observations, that the most frequently observed forms of activity were structured, teacher-directed activities and whole-group instruction. Findings pose implications for…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Class Size, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Cahen, Leonard S.; And Others – 1983
A research study was conducted by two teams of researchers who investigated how class size influences teaching and learning. Four second grade teachers participated, two from a rural school in Virginia and two from an urban, inner-city school in California. To understand how the same teachers and students responded to different class size…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Organization, Class Size, Classroom Environment
Mueller, Ernest H. – 1985
The Oak Park Plan, implemented in the Oak Park (Illinois) School District, was a 2-year (1983-85) project designed to correct four perceived problems: (1) low achievement levels in math for 40 percent of the students; (2) ineffective remedial instruction; (3) declining enrollment requiring an adjustment in personnel resources and service levels;…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Class Size, Classroom Techniques, Educational Strategies
Download full textDuffield, Judith A.; Grabinger, R. Scott – 1997
This paper provides a brief overview of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) as an instructional methodology. A description of a graduate program for practicing teachers at the University of Colorado at Denver (UCD) is also included. Problem-based learning is a student-centered instructional methodology that teaches content and skills within a knowledge…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Class Size, Classroom Techniques, Grading
Filby, Nikola; And Others – 1980
A study was conducted to describe change (and lack of change) in instructional processes and teacher and student behavior when class size was reduced by one-third midway through the school year. Two second grade classes from two schools participated; one school was in rural Virginia, the other an inner-city school in California. Information was…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Organization, Class Size, Classroom Environment
