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PDF pending restorationTinto, Vincent; Goodsell, Anne – 1993
This paper reports on two studies, one quantitative and the other qualitative, on the effectiveness and influence of Freshman Interest Groups (FIGs) at the University of Washington. A quantitative panel study compared 442 freshmen participating in 21 FIGs with 1818 non-participating freshmen. Findings indicated that the FIG program provided a…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, College Instruction
Newlon, Betty J.; Arciniega, Miguel – 1983
A study applied and evaluated an inservice model for teacher education based on Alderian techniques. Subjects were 24 elementary school teachers, in a southwestern metropolitan city, who volunteered for an inservice program. Teachers in this experimental group were matched to teachers in a comparison group on the basis of age range, sex,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education
Hathaway, Walter E. – 1983
While effective schools research has inspired new efforts toward improving education for all students, it is flawed by offering simplistic prescriptions based on correlational studies focusing on basic skills achievement. Effective school research and theory can be upgraded by a more careful definition of the goals of learning and a systematic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
PDF pending restorationFreppon, Penny A. – 1993
This study described ways in which two groups of urban, low-socioeconomic children remained the same and differed after a transition year in skills-based curriculum and a continuing year in whole language curriculum. Both groups had experienced whole language instruction in the first two years in kindergarten and first grade. This investigation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis
