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Direct linkAllhusen, Virginia; Belsky, Jay; Booth-LaForce, Cathryn L.; Bradley, Robert; Brownwell, Celia A; Burchinal, Margaret; Campbell, Susan B.; Clarke-Stewart, K. Alison; Cox, Martha; Friedman, Sarah L.; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathryn; Houts, Renate M.; Huston, Aletha; Jaeger, Elizabeth; Johnson, Deborah J.; Kelly, Jean F.; Knoke, Bonnie; Marshall, Nancy; McCartney, Kathleen; Morrison, Frederick J.; O'Brien, Marion; Tresch Owen, Margaret; Payne, Chris; Phillips, Deborah; Pianta, Robert; Randolph, Suzanne M.; Robeson, Wendy W.; Spieker, Susan; Lowe Vandell, Deborah; Weinraub, Marsha – Developmental Psychology, 2004
This study evaluated the extent to which first-grade class size predicted child outcomes and observed classroom processes for 651 children (in separate classrooms). Analyses examined observed child-adult ratios and teacher-reported class sizes. Smaller classrooms showed higher quality instructional and emotional support, although children were…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Group Activities, Literacy, Family Income
Writing in Mathematics: An Alternative Form of Communication for Academically Low-Achieving Students
Baxter, Juliet A.; Woodward, John; Olson, Deborah – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 2005
Classroom communication figures prominently in current math reform efforts. In this study, we analyze how one teacher used writing to support communication in a seventh-grade, low-track mathematics class. For one school year, we studied four low-achieving students in the class. Students wrote in journals on a weekly basis. Using classroom…
Descriptors: Profiles, Classroom Communication, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedMcNair, Shannan; Bhargava, Ambika; Adams, Leah; Edgerton, Sally; Kypros, Bess – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2003
Investigated the types, frequency, and utility of assessment techniques used by elementary school teachers. Found that paper and pencil tests were regularly used by third- and fourth-grade teachers, but rarely by teachers in lower grades. Other forms of assessment, such as observation, checklists and portfolios were used less frequently and…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
Hofer, Barbara K. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2004
The study of personal epistemology has typically addressed the theories and beliefs that individuals hold about knowledge and knowing, and the way in which such epistemological perspectives are related to academic learning. This qualitative, exploratory case study focuses on the epistemology of instructional practices as interpreted by students in…
Descriptors: Epistemology, College Freshmen, Beliefs, Case Studies
Vasquez, Camilla – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2004
This study examined the discourse of teacher supervision/mentoring, specifically within the context of the post-observation meeting. The analysis of six transcripts of post-observation meetings from one semester in a small university Intensive English Program revealed a variety of politeness strategies employed by supervisors in the delivery of…
Descriptors: Teacher Supervision, Mentors, Classroom Observation Techniques, Meetings
Osei, George M. – International Review of Education, 2004
The secondary-education system in Ghana was reorganised in the early 1980s. The present study addresses one part of this reform: the attempt to introduce a more vocationally oriented curriculum in junior secondary schools. The findings on which this study is based are drawn from interviews at several levels as well as from documentary analysis and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Secondary Education
Armstrong, Liz – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2007
Over the last six years, the UK government has focused on inspection as a means to drive improvement in the adult education sector. This article examines how far the quality assumptions behind the Common Inspection Framework are adequate and whether it requires further development. The purpose of this study is twofold: first to give a voice to…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Educational Quality, Teacher Effectiveness, Adult Education
Zepeda, Sally J. – Eye on Education, 2007
Very few people would disagree that the work of the principal is multifaceted, hectic, and fraught with uncertainties, and given the ongoing press for accountability, the very work of the principal as instructional leader is shifting to ensure "results." There are myriad day-to-day activities that take principals away from the important work of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Leadership, School Culture, Professional Development
Download full textCramer, Elizabeth D.; Gudwin, Denise M.; Salazar, Magda – Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2007
Under the No Child Left Behind Act (2002), all schools are required to demonstrate that all students make annual yearly progress (AYP). This can be difficult, particularly for students in urban schools and even more so for students with disabilities. The authors report on one large urban school district's attempts to provide support to 140 schools…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Professional Development
Sterling, Donna R. – Science Scope, 2006
Using the seasons in the science classroom increases student observation skills as they focus on subtle differences such as shades of color and differences in structures. In this article, the author presents a variety of activities that can help students identify and demonstrate patterns and changes in leaf or plant development. The ability to…
Descriptors: Observation, Science Education, Classroom Observation Techniques, Science Activities
Van Tassel-Baska, Joyce; Quek, Chwee; Feng, Annie Xuemei – Roeper Review, 2006
To help teachers develop a repertoire of instructional strategies that will effect positive changes on students' learning outcomes is essential for both general education and the field of gifted education. This article introduces readers to a classroom observation tool that is designed to help assess professional development needs of teachers of…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Gifted, Best Practices, Classroom Observation Techniques
Harrington, Paula; Gillam, Katy; Andrews, Jane; Day, Christopher – Teacher Development, 2006
The article reports work over one year by three teachers from the Milton Keynes Primary Schools Learning Network. Their collaborative classroom-focused action research investigated the limits and possibilities of pupils' and teachers' learning through self-evaluation. In phase one the teacher researchers used questionnaires, interviews and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Learning Strategies, Teacher Researchers, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Ndoro, Virginia W.; Hanley, Gregory P.; Tiger, Jeffrey H.; Heal, Nicole A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2006
The current study describes preschool teacher-child interactions during several commonly scheduled classroom activities in which teachers deliver instructions. An observation system was developed that incorporated measurement of evidence-based compliance strategies and included the types of instructions delivered (e.g., integral or deficient…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Activities, Class Activities, Behavior Problems
Chapman, Olive – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2006
How do teachers conceptualize and deal with context of mathematics word problems in their teaching? This question is discussed based on a study of 14 experienced teachers at the elementary, junior high and senior high school levels. Bruner's notions of paradigmatic and narrative modes of knowing formed the basis of analysis of data from sources…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Word Problems (Mathematics), Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction
Myers, James L. – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2006
In a case study, I applied philosophical hermeneutic principles in an advanced level EFL writing class in Taiwan. A "fusion of horizons" occurs at the junction of two intertwined interpretations: one from our socio-historical tradition and the other from our experience of novel phenomena. I explored students' hermeneutic horizons in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personal Narratives, Figurative Language, Hermeneutics
