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Archambault, Francis X. Jr.; St. Pierre, Robert G. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1980
This research suggests that school districts can simultaneously comply with Title I and violate congressional intent for expanding and improving the regular program. Losses in instructional time accompanying Title I may explain its ineffectiveness. (CP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Organization, Compensatory Education, Compliance (Legal)
Bartell, John R. – Agricultural Education, 1979
To be effective, a teacher should sell himself/herself before selling ideas, be genuine, make learning relevant, practice goal setting, invite in outside lecturers, provide an orderly classroom setting, dress appropriately and maintain rapport, and make the most effective use of visual aids. (LRA)
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Media
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Martin, William R. – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 1979
The author highlights research findings on the behaviors and personal characteristics of teachers which raise student achievement. These include warmth, interpersonal communication skill, orderliness, flexibility, acceptance of students, and sincerity. (SJL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Organization, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
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Hallinan, Maureen T. – Social Psychology Quarterly, 1979
The effects of class size, classroom organization, and grade on friendship choice and clique formation were examined using cross-sectional and longitudinal sociometric data. Classroom characteristics affected friendliness and popularity, incidence of cross-sex friendships, number of social isolates per class, and number and size of cliques.…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Children, Class Organization, Class Size
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Smith, Doraleen – Business Education Forum, 1979
Offers guidelines for the accounting teacher in planning, organizing, and controlling a successful accounting class. Includes suggestions for getting to know the students, establishing a business atmosphere, outlining material by grading periods, simplifying the grading system, student checking of practice sets, and teaching methods of finding and…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Education, Business Education Teachers, Class Organization
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Barnard, Janet; Thornton, Carol Dodd – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Yearbook, 1977
This paper is directed toward teachers with limited funding available to provide an individualized mathematics program. A model for individualization is described in detail; the model can be applied from grade four through high school and in open as well as traditional schools. (SD)
Descriptors: Class Organization, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Instruction
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McEvoy, Mary A. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1990
This introductory paper identifies critical issues related to organization of caregiving environments for young children with handicaps, including physical and programmatic features, transitions between activities, transition between special preschool and kindergarten settings, classroom organization, the social-physical environment, the home…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Day Care, Day Care Centers
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Fouts, Jeffrey T. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1989
Examines the theory of a causal relationship between classroom environments and junior high school students' attitudes towards the social studies, replicating the research methodology of a high school study. Environmental dimensions found to be related towards positive attitudes include teacher support, affiliation, innovation, and involvement,…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research
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Hupp, Stephen L. – Public & Access Services Quarterly, 1995
A study of the use of print materials in the Capital University (Ohio) Library's Reserve Department revealed 29% of the faculty use its services for classroom instruction. Two factors that contribute to the department's heavy faculty and student use are class design and use of reserve materials in courses. (AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Class Organization, College Faculty, Higher Education
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Polito, Theodora – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1994
An ethnographic study examined the organization of work and play in a kindergarten fostering spontaneous play in the generation of work, as inspired by Froebel and Dewey. Found that the dominance of structures favoring work in the use of time, product tracking, and instructive language severely reduced the time, social relationships, and…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Early Childhood Education
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Smith, Douglas James – McGill Journal of Education, 1997
Explores the nature of indigenous extended family relationships and determines its potential for designing new classroom structures in bicultural schools. Reports supporting views from the work of several educators in bicultural schools. Shows that children in family-based schools had fewer late, absent, and dropout incidents than those in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Attendance, Class Organization
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Pointon, Pam; Kershner, Ruth – Teaching and Teacher Education, 2000
Presents a case study of three experienced teachers' perceptions of appropriate approaches for management of their classroom environments, comparing their views to those of their students. Data from interviews and questionnaires highlighted differences in teachers' decision making about classroom environment which related to pedagogic style. There…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
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Bondy, Elizabeth; Ketts, Sharon – Childhood Education, 2001
Describes one teacher's inclusion of the Morning Meeting concept in her third-grade classroom and relates student success in standardized testing to its implementation. Provides detailed information on Morning Meeting including its structure, rationale, and influence; includes an argument for immediate implementation. Concludes by asserting that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Activities, Class Organization, Classroom Environment
Kristin, Maureen; And Others – 1995
A program was implemented for improving student's motivation in order to increase their performance and self-esteem. The targeted population consisted of primary grade students in middle-class communities within the southwest suburbs of Chicago. Analysis of probable cause data revealed students' lack of skills related to organization,…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning
Stensmo, Christer – 1995
Classroom management is defined as the organization of the classroom as a learning environment; the management of student discipline, order, and care; the grouping of students for different tasks and patterns of interaction; and the individualization of student learning. This paper reports on two Swedish case studies of contrasting classroom…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Activities, Class Organization, Classroom Environment
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