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Ponce, Héctor R.; Mayer, Richard E.; López, Mario J.; Loyola, María Soledad – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2018
This study examines the effects of including interactive graphic organizers into a whole-class PowerPoint lesson as an instructional approach intended to improve student engagement and generative learning in schools. A software application was developed and integrated into PowerPoint that makes it possible for the instructor to fill in empty…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Computer Software, Teaching Methods, Grade 4
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Jeter, Jan T.; Davis, O. L., Jr. – Journal of Social Studies Research, 1982
Describes a study which investigated whether differences in teacher verbal interactions with students are a function of achievement expectations and sex differences. Ten fourth grade social studies teachers and 120 students were observed using the Brophy-Good dyadic observation system. Results indicated that achievement expectations, but not sex,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Expectation
Oliver, Donald W.; Shaver, James P. – 1963
Reliability data suggest that, although there are many problems, it is feasible to systematically evaluate a student's analytic and persuasive competence in free oral argumentation. The first part of the paper describes the contexts within which the evaluation project took place. Specifically discussed are the five areas of analysis on which the…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Content Analysis, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Critical Thinking
Anang, Arlene; Mitchell, Bruce – 1981
The purpose of the study was to find out if and how the subject matter of a remedial high school classroom interacted with the social organization of that classroom and the differences it made. Two classrooms with different subject matter (mathematics and social studies) were observed over the course of a school year. The multiple awarenesses and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Research, Grade 9, Interaction Process Analysis
Durkin, Dolores – 1978
Reading and social studies instruction in 39 third- through sixth-grade classrooms in central Illinois was observed in a study designed to determine whether elementary school classrooms provide comprehension instruction. Among the findings were that practically no comprehension instruction was seen but that comprehension assessment, usually…
Descriptors: Assignments, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Content Area Reading
Gay, Geneva – 1974
The purpose of this investigation was to study the verbal interactions occurring between black and white teachers in recently desegregated social studies classrooms. Specifically, it sought to determine, by studying dyadic interactions, if there were any significant differences between: (1) black and white teacher's verbal behaviors with black and…
Descriptors: Classroom Desegregation, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Elementary School Teachers