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Download full textWisconsin Center for Education Research, Madison. – 1985
The programs and publications of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research from 1980 to 1984 are listed and described in this document. The center's efforts focus on the study of the nature and effects of diversity among students. The research program adds to knowledge about how children learn, how they are taught, and what characterizes…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Class Organization, Cognitive Development, Cultural Pluralism
Mills, Rebecca – 1998
Schools use a variety of ways to group students for instruction; most prevalent in middle level schools seems to be ability grouping. Arguments once considered persuasive for ability grouping are losing influence given evidence that the practice results in few achievement benefits and several negative effects. This Digest discusses attitudes…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Class Organization
PDF pending restorationBathurst, Effie G.; Blackwood, Paul E.; Mackintosh, Helen K.; Schneider, Elsa – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1949
This bulletin is for those who sincerely want to understand the nature of a modern elementary school program. It presents a point of view, offers many illustrations of what happens in a classroom in the course of a school day, and interprets what children do, say, and learn as they work together with their teacher. Education should consist of…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary School Curriculum, Educational Principles, Class Activities
Peer reviewedWilcox, Sandra K.; And Others – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1991
Examines an intervention study of 23 students in an elementary teacher education program to determine the effects of three nontraditional mathematics courses on the teacher candidates' conceptual understanding of mathematics and the learning of mathematics. Results indicate that the intervention produced significant changes in prospective…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Cooperative Learning
Peer reviewedHumphryes, Janet – Young Children, 1998
Examines the similarities between high-quality, fully implemented Montessori programs and other developmentally appropriate programs for young children. Focuses on the Montessori philosophy, human relations within the learning environment, the curriculum, areas of the Montessori classroom, relations between home and program, and the developmental…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Charbonneau, Manon P.; Reider, Barbara E. – 1995
Targeting the elementary school-age child, 5 to 12 years old, this book sets forth an integrated approach to developing classroom experiences, supporting a holistic curriculum intended to stimulate learning and social and emotional gains. The integrated approach has at its hub a child-centered classroom where students' individual needs form the…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Class Activities, Class Organization, Classroom Environment
Marshak, David – 1994
This paper on multiage classrooms provides first steps toward a systemic understanding of the defining qualities of multiage classrooms and, from teachers' perspectives, the benefits of such classrooms for students, teachers, and parents. The multiage classroom movement in elementary schools is viewed as not just restructuring, but also as the…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
George, Paul S. – 1983
American schools might improve their performance by emulating certain successful businesses that, while distinctly American, have much in common with Japanese corporations. William Ouchi attributes Japanese business success to worker involvement; the typical Japanese corporation, he asserts, unifies its employees around a corporate philosophy…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Bussey, Margery Koo – 1977
This Unified Sciences and Mathematics for Elementary Schools (USMES) unit challenges students to find ways of developing and maintaining a well-run classroom. The challenge is general enough to apply to many problem-solving situations in mathematics, science, social science, and language arts at any elementary school level (grades 1-8). The…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Design Requirements
KATZ, DAVID; WOLFE, HARVEY E. – 1967
INTENDED FOR TEACHERS AND SUPERVISORS OF BRAIN INJURED CHILDREN, THE HANDBOOK DESCRIBES THE EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES AND THE THEORETICAL BASES FOR THE PROGRAM IN NEW YORK CITY. AFTER A DESCRIPTION OF EIGHT CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF THE DISORGANIZATION COMMON TO ALL BRAIN INJURED CHILDREN, THERE IS A DISCUSSION OF SCREENING AND PLACEMENT PROCEDURES…
Descriptors: Administration, Admission Criteria, After School Programs, Children
National Art Education Association, Reston, VA.
The National Art Education Association prepared this guide to help elementary and secondary schools develop quality art programs. Opinions stressed in the guide are that art experiences are an essential part of an educational program and that all students must be offered a carefully planned, developmental art program from kindergarten through high…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art Materials
Dodge, Diane Trister; Colker, Laura J.; Heroman, Cate – 2002
This teaching guide provides teachers of young children with a philosophy and guidelines for teaching that address childrens social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development. The guide describes a curriculum that offers teachers guidance, support, and freedom to be creative and responsive with children, and provides children, including those…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Child Development, Childhood Needs, Class Organization
Manke, Mary Phillips – 1994
An ethnographic study of three public elementary school classrooms explored how teachers organized time and space and through this organization attempted to construct classroom power relationships. The study involved intensive observation of classroom interactions in two fifth-grade classes and one first-grade classroom and close analysis of…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research
Rounds, Thomas S.; And Others – 1982
This volume, part of the Junior High School Transition Study which examined students' adjustment to junior high school, reports on findings related to instructional organization in elementary and junior high schools. Chapter 1 presents a brief overview of the project and outlines the theoretical framework used to describe and compare the ways in…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classes (Groups of Students), Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
Ward, Beatrice A.; And Others – 1982
This report summarizes the findings of the Junior High School Transition Study. Section 1 describes the data base used in all three phases of the study. Section 2, "Organization of Instruction," discusses the instructional organization in grades six and seven and the implications for successful student performance in junior high/middle…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 6
