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Peer reviewedCicchelli, Terry – Urban Education, 1983
Discusses the direct instruction pattern, which is based on teacher-centered classroom organization, as a workable teaching style, especially among children of the lower class. Describes teacher behaviors involved in implementing this teaching style, and suggests the use of an observation instrument to monitor direct instruction behaviors.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques, Lower Class Students
Peer reviewedMurphy, Joseph; And Others – Journal of Teacher Education, 1986
Student opportunity to learn may be the critical variable in explaining student engagement and subsequent achievement. Lower-ability students are systematically discriminated against in quality of instruction and curricular content and in use of learning time. Suggestions regarding teacher preparation to offset these patterns are made. (MT)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Low Achievement
