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Koo, Swit Ling; Koh, Lily – 1994
A study of individual variability in second-language learners' performance in specific classroom tasks is presented as evidence that instruction in language for special purposes (LSP) has an important role to play. Subjects were 17 Singapore university students in a remedial English course; all had studied English since elementary school. The…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Needs, Error Analysis (Language), Group Discussion
Terenzini, Patrick T.; And Others – 1993
Little is known about how students become involved in the various dimensions of student change and development as they make the transition from work or high school to college. This paper describes the results of a series of focus-group interviews with 132 diverse, new students entering either a community college; a liberal arts college; an urban,…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Students, Coping, Diversity (Student)
Karp, Naomi – 1993
This chapter on collaborating with families is taken from a guide to designing, implementing, and evaluating instruction and services for students with disabilities. The chapter provides information abut values-based, family-centered programs that will involve all families and improve education programs and student outcomes. The tone is meant to…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Educational Practices
Heitzman, Shirley M. – 1994
This thesis reports on a study of the use of first and second languages among students of a Spanish immersion program. Eight fifth- and sixth-graders with varying levels of Spanish proficiency participated in the study. Data were collected through student verbal reports, questionnaire-based interviews, classroom observations, and background…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Classroom Communication, Code Switching (Language), Cognitive Processes
Leavitt, Midge, Ed. – 1991
This second volume of stories written by teachers concerns the individuality of children, and classrooms in which every member, including the teacher, is an integral part of a dynamic whole. Each story has a different perspective. The first story describes inclusionary strategies used with a particular child. The second examines curriculum…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Development, Drama, Elementary Secondary Education
Soar, Robert S.; Soar, Ruth M. – 1983
A review of research findings on context variables in the classroom and their effects on student achievement provided a framework upon which to base conclusions on the following factors pertaining to effective teaching: (1) teacher control of the classroom; (2) adjustment of teacher control of learning activities to student abilities; (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Beginning Teachers, Classroom Environment
Lipsitz, Joan – 1984
This book examines the qualities of schools that successfully deal with the developmental diversity of young adolescents (10 to 14 years old). In part I, the author reviews literature on school effectiveness and develops a framework for evaluating schools that are not simply "effective," but are "successful." Seven criteria are outlined: (1)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Curriculum, Educational Environment
Warger, Cynthia L.; And Others – 1983
Because the issues of time, numbers, curriculum, and evaluation seem to confound effective mainstreaming at the secondary school level, they are the primary areas teachers must reassess in their own classrooms. Suggestions are made in this monograph about ways in which regular classroom teachers may cope effectively with handicapped students. A…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Design, Emotional Disturbances, Individual Differences
Zero to Three, 1987
Five bulletins of the National Center for Clinical Infant Programs include articles with the following titles and authors: "Infant Day Care: A Cause for Concern?" (Jay Belsky); "Model versus Modal Child Care for Children from Low-Income Families (Donna Wittmer); "Therapeutic Childcare at Merrywood School" (Maxine Siegel); "Individual Differences…
Descriptors: Autism, Child Abuse, Child Development, Child Neglect
Kuczynski, Leon; Kochanska, Grazyna – 1990
Relationships between the function and content of maternal interventions to control their toddlers' behavior and behavior problems and compliance in the child's fifth year were studied. Naturalistic observation of 51 dyads consisting of depressed and nondepressed mothers and their children who were 1.5 to 3.5 years old at the time of first…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Problems, Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Wu, Tian-Ynan – 1985
A study sought to identify correlations among the characteristics and work values of vocational students enrolled in two community colleges in Pennsylvania. Six research questions were posed to 310 students enrolled in Harrisburg Area Community College and 377 students enrolled in Williamsport Area Community College. The study population…
Descriptors: Age, Attitude Measures, Community Colleges, Geographic Location
Veldman, Donald J.; Sanford, Julie P. – 1982
Using a series of regression equations, classroom process and student achievement data from 136 junior high school mathematics and English classes were analyzed to answer the following questions: (1) Are the classroom behaviors and achievement levels of students systematically different across classes of higher and lower ability? (2) Within…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Aptitude Treatment Interaction
Griffin, Gary A.; And Others – 1981
A review is presented of research on student teaching. This review focuses on student teaching as the experience of a basic triad (student teacher, cooperating teacher, and university supervisor) embedded in several overlapping contexts. In the first section, literature is reviewed that deals with demographic characteristics, teacher concerns,…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Cognitive Processes, Cooperating Teachers, Educational Research
Tobias, Sigmund – 1984
Students' macroprocessing of instruction was studied in a learning situation which used adjunct questions. The subjects were offered various macroprocessing options while reading a passage on data processing and computer programming. Each sentence appeared on a computer CRT screen one at a time. The options included: (1) review any sentence or…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing
Rains, Mary J.; Meinke, Dean L. – 1976
Sixty-four high school students, stratified by field-dependent or independent cognitive style, were randomly assigned to homogeneous or heterogeneous groups of four to attain concepts in the sequence of complex to simple or simple to complex, with either minimal or strategy instructions. Subsequently, each student individually attained four…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Concept Formation, Difficulty Level, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
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