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Download full textVincent, Susan, Ed. – 1999
In multigrade instruction, children of at least a 2-year grade span and diverse ability levels are grouped in a single classroom and share experiences involving intellectual, academic, and social skills. "The Multigrade Classroom" is a seven-book series that provides an overview of current research on multigrade instruction, identifies…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Peer reviewedFelmlee, Diane; Hallinan, Maureen T. – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 1979
Friendship choices were found to be distributed more evenly in classrooms where greater student interaction is permitted. (JD)
Descriptors: Children, Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education
Sanford, Julie P. – 1984
This report summarizes and discusses findings about classroom management from two studies, the Junior High Management Improvement Study (JMIS) and the earlier Junior High Classroom Organization Study (JHCOS). These two studies involved long-term observation in more than 160 classes in a variety of subject areas. Results of the two studies are…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Junior High Schools
MEEHAN, MARY; SCHUSLER, RICHARD A. – 1964
CLASSES WERE DIVIDED EXPERIMENTALLY INTO FIVE OR SIX SMALL GROUPS. EACH GROUP WORKED TOGETHER FOR A PERIOD OF 1 MONTH. EACH OF THE EIGHT PARTICIPATING TEACHERS SELECTED ONE TO SIX PUPILS IN HIS CLASS WHO WERE EITHER DISRUPTIVE OR WITHDRAWN. THESE CHILDREN WERE CALLED THE TARGET PUPILS. THREE TIMES EVERY MONTH THE TEACHER RECORDED THE INTERACTION…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Class Organization, Class Size, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Roecks, Jane E. – 1977
The purpose of the study reported was to determine the best ways to manage interest centers in the elementary classroom. The study considered six techniques of assigning students to interest centers--teacher assignment, in which children were asked by their teacher to work at the center on a certain day; daily sign-up, in which children were…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Learning Centers (Classroom)
Rutsohn, Philip – Improving College and University Teaching, 1978
Presented is a study to determine the relationship between personality and student responsiveness to a particular learning technique. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator was used to indicate student personality; the seminar approach with varying degrees of structure and leadership was the basic classroom technique. (JMD)
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, College Students
Gump, Paul V. – 1985
This document offers perspectives on the concepts of environment and order related to the classroom setting. Environment is explained as the physical milieu, action structure, and the fit between these phenomena. Order can refer to the system being "in order" or to the participants being on task. Examples are presented of relationships…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Discipline
Emmer, Edmund T.; And Others – 1979
Classroom observation of 28 third-grade teachers illustrated the management and planning strategies that differentiate effective teachers from less effective teachers. Effective managers communicated a workable system of rules and procedures, monitored students carefully, and were consistent in treating inappropriate behavior. Less effective…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques, Discipline
Krantz, Patricia J.; Risley, Todd R. – 1972
Many investigators have been interested in the development of techniques for remediating undersirable classroom behavior, but far less attention has been paid to physical, spatial and architectural variables which often set the occasion for inappropriate behavior in the classroom. The present study explored the relationships between these…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Class Organization, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment
Peer reviewedBrophy, Jere E. – Elementary School Journal, 1983
Reviews research in the areas of classroom organization and management, delineating the principles underlying a comprehensive approach to these areas. (MP)
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Educational Principles
Peer reviewedSchuncke, George M.; Bloom, Joan R. – Clearing House, 1979
The authors briefly describe their research on teaching cooperative classroom behavior to students; outline the essential components of a curricular activity designed to foster cooperative behavior; and explain how teachers can promote in their students both the skills and the affective components of cooperation. (SJL)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Class Organization, Classroom Research, Cooperation
Peer reviewedHoward, Jessica – Urban Review, 1975
Discusses classroom structure, focusing on ways of structuring a space to a given end; different ways of structuring time to specific ends; and the kinds of relationships among the children and between the teacher and the children which the teacher may attempt to set up. (JM)
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Educational Theories
Becker, Franklin D.; Bossert, Steven T. – 1978
In order to develop an ecological theory of teaching, the classroom must be viewed as a sociological unit. The unit of interest was the teacher-student learning group. The basic question explored was: What is the relationship between human interactions and the physical and social contexts of the group? Teams of scholars met in seminars, each…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Class Organization, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment
Peer reviewedKashti, Yitzhak; And Others – Urban Education, 1984
Presents ethnographic data drawn from observation of three elementary school classes in Kiryah, a development town in Israel. Determines that pupils' classroom seating expresses teachers' behavior patterns, which are said to derive from external social and professional frames of reference. (KH)
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Structures, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedMacAulay, Dolina J. – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1990
Reviews literature on classroom environment from 1980 onward. Emphasizes elementary settings and students with behavioral deficits. Discusses structure and organization of classrooms, the cognitive process, student and teacher characteristics, and student outcomes. Concludes that research has shifted from cognitive outcomes in the classroom to…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes
