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Download full textScott, Sue M.; And Others – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1994
A study of 14 college professors' teaching philosophies and perceptions of classroom practice identified 4 themes: teacher's role as expert or co-learner; tensions arising from creating a comfortable classroom environment while fostering critical thinking; forms of change in the learner; and institutional issues that make enactment of…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, College Faculty, College Instruction
Peer reviewedKurtz, Beth E.; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1990
Teachers' reported instruction of strategies and metacognitive knowledge in the classroom, and their attributional beliefs about the reasons underlying children's academic successes/failures were studied, using 59 teachers from West Germany and 43 teachers from the United States. A 7-item questionnaire was administered. Implications for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
Bryk, Anthony S.; And Others – 1993
It is generally agreed that students (especially those from minority and disadvantaged backgrounds) are better educated in Catholic high schools than in public high schools. This book examines a broad range of Catholic high schools to determine if this difference is so, the reasons why, and whether this type of success can be transferred to the…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Classroom Environment, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
