It was concluded that important differences occurred in interaction patterns, but not in pupil affect, when two different curricular organizing strategies were used. (Author)

The Social Studies Committee of the New England Educational Assessment Project conducted this assessment over a period of two years. The general objectives of this study were: 1) to identify the teaching intentions and cultural orientations of 3,631 secondary social studies teachers and the value orientations of their pupils; 2) to obtain teachers…

An analysis of the interaction between self and other in the one-to-one writing conference, informed by theories of Louis Althusser, Jurgen Habermas, Mikhail Bakhtin, and others, can help tutors view one-to-one conferences as a dynamic meaning-making process occurring within an integral social context. Bakhtin/Medvedev's discussion of discourse…

Effects were studied of 12 teacher and 11 student characteristics (including SES and ethnicity) on 7 student outcomes--cognitive, affective and coping skills. Fifty-three sixth grade teachers and 1,190 Black, Chicano and Anglo students participated. A series of covariance and regression analyses showed significant curvilinear and interaction…

Research indicates that boys perform better on mathematics tests while girls perform better on reading tests. An investigation of why boys' and girls' performance differs was made by coding teacher interactions with second grade students during reading and mathematics instruction. Results reveal that teachers: made relatively more academic contact…

New tactics for teaching the disadvantaged must be developed which are significantly different from traditional approaches which have been used with advantaged children. Creative strategies in teaching must be developed which utilize sound teaching and learning theories and which, at the same time, are able to be continuously evaluated in a…