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Weinshank, Annette B. – 1980
A study was conducted to determine whether reading specialists' diagnoses lead directly to remedial recommendations. Eight experienced reading specialists were observed during 24 sessions as they performed a series of tasks using three simulated cases of reading difficulty, two of which were thinly disguised versions of the same reading problem.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Education, Reading Consultants
Huang, Jiafen; Zelhart, Paul – 2001
Based on a review of American literature and interviews with Chinese elementary mathematics teachers, a survey of elementary mathematics teachers' beliefs about mathematics and mathematics teaching was developed. The responses of 66 American and 92 Chinese elementary mathematics teachers were examined. Significant group differences were found in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries
Woolfolk, Robert L.; And Others – Environmental Psychology and Nonverbal Behavior, 1977
The effects of systematically varied verbal and nonverbal components of teachers' evaluative behavior upon children's perceptions and attitudes were studied within an experimental classroom. Subjects were 126 sixth-grade students. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
Download full textTirri, Kirsi – 1995
This study investigated the cross-cultural differences in American and Finnish elementary teachers' evaluations of their classroom teaching behaviors. The self-evaluation instrument developed for the study was administered to 167 American elementary teachers from Indiana and Texas and to 172 Finnish teachers (also elementary) from two different…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education
Peterson, Penelope L.; And Others – 1993
This study documented elementary teachers' reported practices in mathematics, science, social studies, literature, art, and music. The study also identified the extent to which teachers espoused instructional goals and practices associated with teaching for understanding compared with basic skills approaches. Respondents were 678 elementary school…
Descriptors: Art Education, Check Lists, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction
Soar, Robert S.; Soar, Ruth M. – 1976
Research on the relation between teacher behavior and pupil change has been an active field of inquiry for a number of years but the degree of agreement of results across various studies is not high. This paper is an examination of four studies seeking parallel bits of results which may be of use to classroom teachers. Research methodologies were…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Comparative Analysis
Rupley, William H.; McNamara, James F. – 1978
A study was conducted to investigate selected reading instruction process variables employed by third and sixth grade teachers and their effect on pupils' reading achievement, to explore the difference between third and sixth grade teachers' reading instruction process variables, and to investigate the relationship between selected pupil variables…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Grade 3
Applebee, Marcia Lynn – 1976
Two studies combining teacher questionnaires, classroom observation, and pupil interviews were conducted to contrast formal and informal teaching practices in open plan and conventional classrooms. Study I sampled 12 teachers of classes including second year junior pupils (8-9 years of age); Study II sampled 30 teachers, including 13 with mixed…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques
Kim, Young Mi; And Others – 1984
Beginning with a review of the increasing literature concerning job-related teacher stress, this study examines the particular stress and burnout experiences of school teachers in Venezuela since the incorporation by law in 1980 of "Educacion Basica" (basic education) as a new level of the school system (grades 1-9). To compare teachers…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Educational Change
