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Download full textBauer, Norman J. – 1989
This paper examines the methods used in designing school and classroom environments. The tools are labeled: (1) discipline-centered schooling; (2) empirical-naturalistic schooling; and (3) great works schooling. First, the outline endeavors to reveal the essential elements of the three tools that represent images, structures, or "maps" of…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research
Richards, Merle – 1986
A total of 20 first- and second-grade classrooms were observed to determine the nature of their behavior settings, and to ascertain teacher goals and values implicit in the classroom organization. Observation revealed strong differences among subject areas in both time allotment and variety of resources and activities. Language arts occupied the…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research
McVitty, Walter, Ed.; And Others – 1986
Emphasizing the importance of developing a social classroom climate, this book addresses the organization of the reading/writing classroom. Nine sections: (1) present a statement of principles based on this concept of classroom organization (J. Steinle); (2) discuss scheduling the school day as an important area of teacher planning (P. Sloan and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Class Organization, Classroom Communication, Classroom Design
Peer reviewedBowers, John Waite – Communication Education, 1986
Examines the nature, consequences, frequency of occurrence, and victims of classroom communication apprehension, and what kind of classes, classrooms, and teachers affect the probability of its occurrence. McCrosky's critical summary of research in this area serves as a basis for comparison. Supplementary tables included. (JD)
Descriptors: Class Organization, Class Size, Classroom Communication, Classroom Design
Wengel, Marni – 1992
A study was conducted at a new elementary school in central Virginia to investigate influences on teachers' choices of seating arrangements and to determine the best seating arrangement to use. Four classroom teachers, each with an average class size of 20 students, volunteered to be observed and interviewed. The teachers taught at different grade…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Class Organization, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment
Applebee, Marcia Lynn – 1976
Two studies combining teacher questionnaires, classroom observation, and pupil interviews were conducted to contrast formal and informal teaching practices in open plan and conventional classrooms. Study I sampled 12 teachers of classes including second year junior pupils (8-9 years of age); Study II sampled 30 teachers, including 13 with mixed…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques
Manke, Mary Phillips – 1994
An ethnographic study of three public elementary school classrooms explored how teachers organized time and space and through this organization attempted to construct classroom power relationships. The study involved intensive observation of classroom interactions in two fifth-grade classes and one first-grade classroom and close analysis of…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research
