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Clark, Caitlin M. – Online Submission, 2017
The AISD student climate survey provides the opportunity to monitor students' opinions regarding topics such as behavioral environment, adult fairness and respect, student academic self-confidence, teacher expectations, student engagement, and social emotional learning (SEL) skills. [For "Student Climate Survey Results: Spring 2017,…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Environment, Student Attitudes, Learner Engagement
Heitzmann, Ray – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2007
Targeted homework is based upon the belief that homework can make a significant contribution to student achievement in the areas of knowledge, skills, and values. It centers on the notion that homework achieves maximum effectiveness when teachers share the school's homework policy as well as their policy with students and parents or guardians. The…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Academic Achievement, Teacher Student Relationship, Parent School Relationship
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Shields, Carolyn; Gredler, Margaret – Teaching of Psychology, 2003
Psychology students frequently have misconceptions of basic concepts in operant conditioning. Prior classroom observations revealed that most students defined positive reinforcement as reward and equated negative reinforcement and punishment. Students also labeled positive reinforcement as rewarding good behavior and negative reinforcement as…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Psychology, Misconceptions, Problem Solving
Horner, Charlotte M. – Academic Therapy, 1987
A four-stage model, designed to shape learning disabled students' independent study skills and foster generalization of skills is presented: (1) ease students into a homework routine; (2) focus on time management; (3) teach problem-solving techniques; and (4) conclude in independent study with intermittent parent and teacher monitoring. (CB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Homework, Independent Study, Learning Disabilities