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Lucas, Deborah; Thomas, Gary – British Journal of Special Education, 1990
Suggestions are offered for organizing classrooms to promote learning by all students, including those with special educational needs. Two case studies illustrate the impact of reorganization of intermediate grade classrooms in terms of time on task, motivation, noise level, teacher-student communication, and other factors. (JDD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Organization, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment
Spaulding, Robert L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1983
Offers 12 steps for increasing students' self-directedness and "time on task" in the classroom and displays the positive results of a recent study in an unspecified California high school that examined the effects of individualized inclass "calendars" designed to meet the needs of various types of students. (JBM)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Activities, Class Organization, Classroom Environment
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
Mitman, Alexis L.; And Others – 1981
This study reports on work activities structures, student social cognitive understanding, and student participation as ecological perspectives from which to describe and analyze the teaching that took place in one elementary school. Detailed descriptions of the ecological features of 10 elementary school classrooms are presented, and an…
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Behavior Standards, Case Studies, Class Organization
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Ivey, Kathy M. C. – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1996
Describes the underlying philosophical and cultural changes associated with classroom organizational changes in one eighth-grade teacher's attempts to implement National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards. Observations and interviews indicated that there were two distinct cultures ("book world" and organic or…
Descriptors: Algebra, Case Studies, Class Organization, Classroom Environment
Emmer, Edmund T.; And Others – 1994
This guide to classroom management, which incorporates the essential features of classroom organization, management, and discipline, provides information to help secondary school teachers establish effective classroom management systems. The text emphasizes prevention through planning and addresses decisions teachers must make in the typical…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Case Studies, Check Lists, Class Organization
Evertson, Carolyn M.; And Others – 1994
This guide to classroom management, which incorporates the essential features of classroom organization, management, and discipline, provides information to help elementary school teachers establish effective classroom management systems. The text emphasizes prevention through planning and addresses decisions teachers must make in the typical…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Case Studies, Check Lists, Class Organization