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Landsman, Ann M. – Educational Leadership, 1979
Teachers can accommodate differences in student learning styles by creating an environment in which individuals feel free to be themselves. (Author)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Processes, Student Teacher Relationship
Novelli, Joan – Instructor, 1991
Nine elementary teachers explain how they design their classrooms to match and support their instructional styles. The teachers focus on whole language programs, student portfolios, science activity set-ups, technology transformation, learning center strategies, and space utilization. (SM)
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Creative Teaching, Elementary Education

Wagner, Betty J. – Elementary School Journal, 1977
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers

Scobie, Robert – Curriculum Inquiry, 1983
For effective teaching, the author asserts, student self-direction must be matched to an appropriate degree of teacher direction and both adjusted for group dynamics of the classroom. Accounting for these three levels of activity, a schematic analysis is drawn of the total teaching situation, and strategies are suggested that adapt teaching style…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Contingency Management, Elementary Secondary Education

Doyle, Walter; Rutherford, Barry – Theory into Practice, 1984
This article cites various research studies on matching learning and teaching styles and discusses possible problems of this approach. Several aspects of matching learning and teaching styles are offered for consideration: the effect of teaching on learning, classroom management, and how styles affect classrooms. (DF)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style
Bassano, Sharron – 1985
A study of the expectations and attitudes of adult foreign students toward their instruction in English as a second language, the classroom environment, and the extent to which the instruction was meeting their language skill development priorities also examined the teachers' perceptions of their own teaching styles and the instructional milieu…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Classroom Environment, English (Second Language), Foreign Students

Anderson, Digby C. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1983
To produce a curriculum guide that is practical calls for an awareness of the working context of the practitioner and an ability to translate that intuitive awareness into an explicit description which captures the essence of what teaching is. Health education project materials are used to illustrate the translating demands. (RM)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Communication Problems, Curriculum Development
Gray, John M.; And Others – Today's Education, 1981
A collection of articles by seven teachers from varied backgrounds stresses the importance of teacher motivation. Flexibility, honesty, a good sense of humor, and an openness to new approaches are important motivating techniques. Practical suggestions are offered for stimulating motivation among students. (JN)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Secondary Education, Independent Study
Marion, Marian; Muza, Robin – Texas Child Care, 1998
Discusses the following six strategies for using positive discipline in the classroom: (1) develop appropriate limits; (2) teach expected behavior; (3) give cues for expected behaviors; (4) redirect behavior; (5) change situations by increasing options; and (6) change situations by decreasing options. Contrasts different caregiving styles and…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Child Behavior, Classroom Environment
Edwards, Celeste M.; Gibboney, Elizabeth R. – 1992
Humor is an important tool for the teacher in college classrooms. Generally, laughter is a great benefit in anyone's life, having even physiological influence. Laughter reduces stress and may facilitate creativity. However, the use of humor can both enhance and hinder the learning process. Various researchers have tried to identify structures,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, College Instruction, Higher Education

Kilbourn, Brent – Science Education, 1986
Explores the relationship between teaching and socialization through a case study report of the classrooms of three junior-high science teachers. Provides a brief characterization of socialization and the substance of science teaching and discusses the factors which appear to be relevant to these characterizations. (ML)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Learning Strategies, Naturalistic Observation
Barbe, Walter B.; Milone, Michael N., Jr. – Instructor, 1980
This article explains to teachers how they can identify their personal modality strength (auditory, visual, or kinesthetic) and how this orientation affects their classroom style. Techniques are also suggested for providing reading help to auditory, visual, and kinesthetic learners. (SJL)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Check Lists, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education

Harris, Ilene B. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1983
Factors which affect communication with teachers via curriculum guides include how authors and readers conceptualize educational practice and teaching and audience characteristics. Although each of the predominant forms of discourse (persuasive, descriptive, theoretical) used to communicate practice prescriptions for teachers is flawed, the three…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Communication Problems, Curriculum Development

Maher, Frances; Tetreault, Mary Kay Thompson – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1992
Feminist teaching practices, by questioning traditional epistemology and distribution of power, offer special advantages in the culturally diverse classroom, where the valuing of different perspectives is essential. A study of two feminist teachers demonstrates how they attempt to create new kinds of classroom cultures through mastery, voice,…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, College Faculty

Walvoord, Barbara E.; And Others – 1997
Designed to allow teachers immersed in Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) programs and those still contemplating increasing the use of writing in their courses to peer into classrooms of those who have participated in such programs for years, this book reports on the long-term impact upon faculty of WAC programs. The book studies WAC…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, College Faculty, Higher Education