Assesses the likes and dislikes for certain physical features of the classroom on the part of both students and teachers. (RA)

Broad guidelines based upon Robert Stake's model of educational evaluation are composed for social studies departments improving their program through some evaluation measures. (VW)

When pre-test scores were used as the covariate, students taught by a conventional teacher-directed class were not significantly better on the post-test than students taught by a combination of independent study and teacher-directed methods; both groups achieved better than did a class using only independent study methods. (AL)

Students with previous Introductory Physical Science (IPS) experience performed no better on assessments of achievement and critical thinking after completing a BSCS green version course than did those with a non-IPS ninth grade science course. (AL)

Analysis of 18,528 classroom observations attempting to identify factors in the classroom that affect learning experiences of children. (RA)

Research supported by the U.S. Office of Education. Reprints from: Joseph M. Masling, Psychological Clinic, State University of New York, Room 211, Townsend Hall, Buffalo, New York 14214.

Evidence is presented that indicates that reliance on the current methods of assessing the implementation of classroom openness is inadequate. Investigating the relationships between the component dimensions of classroom structure and particular outcome variables is suggested as a potential strategy for yielding more meaningful results. (Author/GK)

Emphasizes the importance of teacher investigations of language in the classroom by reviewing the work of practicing teachers working in a graduate course. (RL)

Future classroom teaching-learning research will be occupied with analyzing and improving the internal and external validity of the "direct instruction" (DI) model. For that, international comparative studies are of utmost importance. Points are presented to illustrate this argument and describe cross-national educational research…

Points out that teaching writing with a process style and conducting in-class research may be inherently incompatible activities. (JL)

Effects of cooperative and individualistic instruction on interpersonal attraction between handicapped and nonhandicapped students were compared. Results indicated cooperative learning experiences promote more cross-handicapped interaction during instruction, more cross-handicap friendships, and more cross-handicap interaction during…

From his knowledge of the brain and learning, the author argues that Horace Mann's classroom system is the core cause for the outdated state of public education and attendant problems. He asserts that the conventional classroom is brain-antagonistic and the continued use of graded classrooms, ruinous. (Author/WD)

The reasoning practices employed by students in the classroom are examined to display how they "know" something. Focus is placed on the interactional practices by which learning tasks are accomplished during classroom lessons. (JMF)

The paper describes a technique for mapping the social structure of a class to assess some effects of mainstreaming. Sociometric choices mapped through smallest space analysis generate maps that depart radically from traditional target sociograms and provide new bases for assessing social achievement. (PHR)

Three hundred children (ages 5 to 12) were required to discriminate simple, familiar, monosyllabic words under two conditions: quiet and in the presence of background classroom noise. Of the sample, 45.3 percent made errors in speech discrimination in the presence of background classroom noise. The effect was most marked in children younger than 7…