NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 5 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Calabrese, Marylyn E. – English Journal, 1982
Points out the disadvantages and limitations of grading all student writing. Offers alternative methods of giving students meaningful feedback about their writing. (RL)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Grading, High Schools, Teaching Load
Farkas, James P.; Milstein, Mike – 1986
Although many researchers conclude that education is a profession marked by high levels of stress or experience of "burnout," this paper contends that educators are more adaptable and hence less stressed than the literature would indicate. The paper surveys literature on educator stress, presents studies indicating low educator stress, and…
Descriptors: Burnout, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Organizational Climate
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Borg, Mark G. – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1990
Reviews studies on occupational stress among teachers in British schools. Considers the prevalence of self-reported occupational stress, sources of stress, symptoms and effects, and coping actions. Argues that, in view of changes in education, further research is needed to provide updated information on which to base an understanding of teacher…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Class Size, Crowding, Educational Change
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Wolff, Mary Anne – Educational Leadership, 1986
Recommends the frame of reference method in helping students learn to recognize bias in the questions an author asks, the evidence gathered, and the conclusions drawn. Describes a high school writing-anthropology unit on the Kung San society. Discusses the potentials, problems, and school-linked constraints in using frame of reference models. (IW)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Bias, Classroom Techniques, Critical Reading
Fairweather, James S. – 1992
This report studies the role of teaching in the faculty reward structure by examining the relationship between faculty activities (teaching and instruction, research and scholarship, administration, public service) and compensation. The study examined the implicit emphases given by academic institutions to various faculty activities. The data…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Colleges, Comparative Analysis