EXPLORED ARE TEACHING AND LEARNING RELATIONSHIPS OR FORMS OF CLASSROOM INTERACTION IN THE TEAM TEACHING ARRANGEMENT, AND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE AND TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM INTERACTION WITH RESPECT TO STUDENT ADJUSTMENT AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO IMPROVE THE SOPHISTICATION OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS. A 2-YEAR TEAM…

Concerns itself with improving the organizational pattern of the self-contained classroom as it relates to the time structure of the daily and weekly schedule.

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knowledge of the brain and learning, the author argues that Horace Mann's classroom system is the core cause for the outdated state of public education and attendant problems.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 author cites advantages of separate classes for gifted students, suggesting that they should be protected from teachers who do not understand them and school environments with which they are bored. (CL)

Research Findings: Quality of care for preschool children in inclusive and noninclusive classrooms was examined in two studies. In Study 1, comparisons across a large sample of classrooms (N = 1, 313) showed that inclusive classrooms were higher than noninclusive classrooms in global quality as well as on two dimensions of quality…

THIS BULLETIN CONSISTS OF 32 ABSTRACTS WHICH ARE CONCERNED WITH THE RELATIVE MERITS OF UNGRADED AND SELF-CONTAINED CLASSROOM ORGANIZATION IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. ABSTRACTED DOCUMENTS INCLUDE THOSE WHICH ARE (1) STATEMENTS OF PROFESSIONAL OPINION, (2) SURVEYS OF PROFESSIONAL OPINION, (3) REVIEWS OF GENERAL TRENDS OR OF SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, AND (4)…

Individually prescribed instruction (IPI) tapes were used for review, remedial instruction, and individual drill in a shorthand lab. (JS)

It was concluded that children who are exposed to varying and unpredictable auditory distractions in their classroom environments are better able to perform on a task requiring auditory vigilance skills in the presence of distracting background noise. (Author/SW)

Effective individualized instruction depends primarily on the teacher possessing the skills to implement it. Individualization is therefore quite compatible with the traditional self-contained elementary classroom model, but not with its alternative, departmentalization, which allows teachers neither the time flexibility nor the familiarity with…

Sixteen of 33 learning disabled students, all of whom had spent a year in self-contained classrooms, were placed in a mainstream class for the 1976-77 year. Ratings of personal, social and academic adjustment and achievement test scores indicated that the self-contained classroom environment produced more positive adjustment. (JC)

This study investigated school administrators' perceptions of the effectiveness of their programs serving students with emotional behavioral disorders (EBD). Specifically, the perceptions of principals in schools that provided self-contained programs were compared to the perceptions of principals in schools without self-contained programs. Also…

Experiment 1 investigated the effects of observational training in a social listener reinforcement game on participants' conversational units in non-instructional settings. Experiment 2 tested the effects of multiple exemplar instruction on the development of "empathy." The participants who had reader/writer levels of verbal behavior were selected…

An observational study of reading instruction was conducted in general education, resource, and self-contained classrooms, grades 1-4, in public schools. Participants included students who were deaf or hard of hearing and their reading teachers. Results indicated that time engaged in reading and/or academically responding varied significantly by…

A junior high school social studies program offers the options of self-contained classroom, limited choice, and independent study. (KM)

In most instances teachers from open area, quasi-open area and traditional schools view the supervision or evaluation of their instructional activities in approximately the same way and with the same degree of emphasis. (EVH)