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Designing a Caring Classroom Community: A Propensity Score Matching Study
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Laurie O. Campbell; Caitlin Frawley; Glenn W. Lambie; Xueying Gao – Learning Environments Research, 2024
Factors that support learner engagement and achievement are vast. School learning environments can promote care for learners. The present year-long study examined the "Designed Caring Classroom Intervention" in 17 s grade classrooms in a large school district. To examine the effect of the intervention on second grade learners'…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Academic Achievement, Intervention, Classroom Environment
Triggers of Curiosity in Social Constructivist Classroom Discourse
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Farhan Ali; Yuhan Wang; Serena J.-W. Wang; Gaoxia Zhu – npj Science of Learning, 2025
Arousing and sustaining young students' curiosity within school environments is an important concern in contemporary education. Our study investigated the triggers of curiosity in elementary classrooms centered around social constructivist discourse, specifically knowledge-building. To this end, we performed longitudinal network analysis on 4166…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Arousal Patterns, Constructivism (Learning), Classroom Communication
Flexible Seating Impact on Classroom Environment
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Cole, Kassadie; Schroeder, Kaitlin; Bataineh, Mohamed; Al-Bataineh, Adel – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2021
As schools strive to instill college and career readiness within students, the academic success of students continues to be a priority of educators and administrators alike. The classroom learning environment utilized by students was examined throughout this study. Specifically, this study examined how the spaces within the classroom are utilized…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Design, Space Utilization, Furniture
Influence of Teachers' Grouping Strategies on Children's Peer Social Experiences in Early Elementary Classrooms
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Kim, Saetbyul; Lin, Tzu-Jung; Chen, Jing; Logan, Jessica; Purtell, Kelly M.; Justice, Laura M. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Most children experience some form of grouping in the classroom every day. Understanding how teachers make grouping decisions and their impacts on children's social development can shed light on effective teacher practices for promoting positive social dynamics in the classroom. This study examined the influence of teachers' grouping strategies on…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Heterogeneous Grouping, Homogeneous Grouping, Behavior Problems
Classroom Organization and Teachers' Objectives: Observations from the Primary Grades.
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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
Seating Arrangements: Changing with the Times.
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