Responses to Curriculum Pressures: A Policy-Capturing Study of Teacher Decisions about Content.

Floden, R. E.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ251736

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Publication Date: 1981-Apr

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Responses to Curriculum Pressures: A Policy-Capturing Study of Teacher Decisions about Content.

Floden, R. E.; And Others

Journal of Educational Psychology, v73 n2 p129-41 Apr 1981

This study attempts to determine the relative power of six factors that might influence teacher decisions about the content of fourth-grade mathematics: district test, mandated textbooks, district instructional objectives, other teachers' opinions, the principal's opinions, and parents' opinions. (Author/GK)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Course Content, Decision Making, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Teachers, Influences, Intermediate Grades, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Response, Testing Programs, Textbook Content

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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