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Karweit, Nancy – 1982
This report summarizes and evaluates existing studies of time use in schools. The first section describes theoretical views of time and learning. Two issues are discussed: the sources of variation in learning time (actual days per school year, length of school day, absenteeism), and the effects of learning time on achievement. In the second…
Descriptors: Attendance, Class Organization, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation. – 1980
This is an evaluation report on a Title I English as a second language program that served Spanish speaking students (grades K-8) in private schools in New York in 1979-1980. Section one of the report provides a description of the program. Data analysis methods and pre- and post-test scores are presented in the second section. The third section…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Class Organization, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Brown, Carlton E.; Allen, Dwight W. – 1981
This paper describes a project that was conducted in six Norfolk, Virginia, public secondary schools to explore the problems associated with the disproportionate involvement of black student in disciplinary actions. The paper also relates the project's efforts to implement changes in the school system that the research activities indicated might…
Descriptors: Black Students, Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Rigg, Pat – 1977
The language experience approach (LEA) has been used successfully with students who are beginning to read in English as a second language. In an LEA lesson the teacher can elicit students' comments on a wordless picture book, transcribe students' sentences, read the resultant story aloud (or have the class read it), and have the story copied.…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Grammar
Engstrom, Gerald A. – 1980
Undertaken to better understand Mexican American and Anglo students' perceptions of their school experience, the study sampled 30 classes in a 462-student junior high school with a 50/46% Hispanic/Anglo racial/ethnic composition and 46 classes in a 696-student high school with a 42/53% Hispanic/Anglo composition. Each student in the sampled…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Hodges, Carol A. – 1979
A study was undertaken to document, through data gathered from surveys, interviews, and observations, the approaches fourth grade elementary school teachers were using to teach reading comprehension. The study focused on the actual teacher behaviors, methods, and materials rather than on what reading methods, texts or basal series' manuals said…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Observation Techniques, Content Area Reading, Elementary Education
Romberg, Thomas A.; And Others – 1979
The intent of this theoretical paper is to recast our ideas about teaching mathematics as a result of an extensive research review on teaching behaviors. The product of this review is an explanatory curricular model which takes into account the content being taught. The purpose of studying teaching from a curricular perspective and the constructs…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Class Organization, Classroom Environment
Heathers, Glen – 1967
The idea of "grouping" in schools ranges from group teaching to grouping of pupils, with many variations on these two themes. The self-contained classroom, found usually in the elementary grades, consists of one teacher with one grade-level class for the full day and for all subjects. The departmental approach, found at all levels, employs…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Age Grade Placement, Class Organization, Classes (Groups of Students)
Utah System Approach to Individualized Learning Project. – 1978
The objective of this teaching guide is to provide a comprehensive system for individualizing reading instruction through planning, organization, management, and skillful teaching. The planning stage involves establishing goals, reality bases, work bases and flows, and review, evaluation, and revision. The organization of program content involves…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Palmer, Lee, Ed. – 1971
The Early School Environment Study (ESES), developed by Paul Park and a team of ten teachers, begins with the philosophy that children learn through the solution of practical problems that are meaningful to them, and expands this approach beyond the science framework into the learning of language, mathematics, and social studies. This booklet was…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Curiosity, Curriculum Development, Discovery Learning
Tremlett, Willard L.; And Others – 1961
Describing major features of the New York Catskill Area Project in Small School Design (CAPSSD) begun in 1957, this pamphlet addresses: (1) Basic Concepts in Small School Design (flexible scheduling, multiple classes, organizational interdependency, teacher versatility, student planning, technological communications, and interagency cooperation);…
Descriptors: Administration, Agency Cooperation, Class Organization, Concept Formation
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Patterson, Karen; Berry, Virginia – Educational Gerontology, 1987
Discusses obstacles and problems that confront older hearing-impaired students in the classroom at colleges and universities, where their numbers are increasing, and where these impairments may detract from their receiving maximum benefit from their educational experiences. Presents possible management solutions. (Author/KS)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Students, Class Organization, College Students
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Appelhof, Pieter – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1984
This article overviews a summative evaluation of the School Advisory Center's innovative initial reading curriculum program from 1972 to 1978 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The evaluation design used was Stake's "countenance model" with description and observation matrices. Reading achievement results were disappointing and were attributed…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Class Organization, Course Organization, Evaluation Methods
Townsend, Chris; And Others – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1984
Theme articles on horticulture discuss how students develop basic skills in supervised occupational experience programs, how to develop a good program without additional funding, describe a program at a junior college, and outline a program preparing students for job entry or higher education. (JOW)
Descriptors: Accountability, Agricultural Education, Basic Skills, Class Organization
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Veldman, Donald J.; Sanford, Julie P. – American Educational Research Journal, 1984
Data from 136 junior high school classes were analyzed to investigate how student behavior, student achievement, and teacher behavior all related to student ability levels in class composition. Both higher ability students and lower ability students achieved better in higher ability classes. Class composition had more impact on lower ability…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Aptitude Treatment Interaction
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