Having kindergarten children use familiar play objects can serve the needs of the children and the goals of the teacher. Findings showed that, in addition to promoting interaction among children, play materials in kindergarten classrooms also embody institutional messages and facilitate socialization. (AM)

Ways that language teachers can identify, analyze, and solve the problems in their classrooms are discussed in terms of a model for action research. The model suggests that teachers should develop a plan of action, act to implement the plan, observe the effects of action, and reflect on these effects. (LB)

This book presents an account of literacy learning based on what effective teachers and learners actually do. It demonstrates how literacy develops in social and communicative exchanges. It contends that learning to be literate--like all learning--involves negotiating meanings with others, through whom learners clarify, confirm, and expand their…

Provides an overview of the theoretical basis and methods used for social studies classroom research. Suggests improvements in classroom climate constructs by integrating social studies literature and traditional classroom research approaches. Offers recommendations for improving future research. (SG)

This article addresses issues in successful classroom research, especially single-subject research, including selecting the research topic, choosing a research design, maintaining a sufficient number of participants, management and logistical problems, creating classroom conditions favorable to research, and scheduling time for research. (DB)

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)

Important classroom management tasks occur during the first several weeks of the year, when the teacher establishes expectations about behavior and teaches the students the classroom procedures. (Author)

Pullout programs are breaking up the self-contained class in elementary schools. A study in New York State disclosed that 94 percent of the teachers surveyed have students involved in remedial pullout programs and 57 percent have students in enrichment pullout programs. Frequent use of pullout programs can have negative effects. (MLF)

Looks at the impact of the classroom environment on student emotions and behavior, offering suggestions for using the physical features of the environment to calm or stimulate students. Shows how the factors of environmental arousal, classroom robustness, and spatial settings may be used to create art classrooms that minimize chances for…

The use of several college classroom assessment techniques to evaluate the processes and products of accounting instruction through cooperative learning is described. The discussion looks at considerations in planning classroom assessment, choosing initial assessment techniques and adapting them, and blending cooperative learning structures with…

Noting that issues of assessing and evaluating learning and teaching have become a dominant concern in recent years, this book describes the journey of a group of classroom teachers, administrators, and researchers as they addressed the issues of evaluation and assessment. The book details the results of a collaborative project undertaken in…

Addressing the issues of how phonics is handled in whole language classrooms and the role that phonics plays in reading and learning to read, the content of this book is rooted in the language stories and literacy lessons of teachers' observations of at-risk children learning to read. The book begins with an introduction to one whole language…

Investigates the effects of an experiential classroom environment on children's learning through the integration of mathematics and social studies. Findings support the contention that children learn better by doing. Concludes that children are more attentive to their learning, achieve a deeper insight or meaning of the concepts, and are able to…

Stresses the importance of teacher experiences of students at preschool or elementary school. Discusses the effect of a naive mathematical expert, a content area resource person lacking of formal experience with primary grade level instruction, at primary grade classroom. (YP)

The underrepresentation of women in science and engineering might be caused by certain differences in science training processes. This study investigated sex differences in classroom atmosphere and classroom behaviors of science teachers and students. Males were dominant in working on classroom displays and classroom activities. (YP)