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Romero-Ariza, Marta; Quesada, Antonio; Abril, Ana Maria; Sorensen, Peter; Oliver, Mary Colette – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2020
Inquiry pedagogies provide opportunities to meet learning outcomes linked to developing scientific literacy. Within a European project intended at promoting Inquiry Based Learning (IBL), this paper presents quantitative and qualitative data about teachers' views of IBL and its enactment in England and Spain. Results show that teachers in both…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Active Learning, Inquiry
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Johns E., Beverly H.; Crowley, Paula; Guetzloe, Eleanor – Focus on Exceptional Children, 2008
Foremost in an effective curriculum for students with emotional and behavioral disorder (E/BD) is a high level of engaged time--time spent doing meaningful learning activities. Engaged time (time-on-task) is the portion of instructional time that students spend directly involved in learning activities. Walker and Severson (1992) defined the…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Learning Activities, Time Factors (Learning), Teaching Methods
Albright, Lucille; And Others – 1995
This Master's degree project developed a program for decreasing disruptive student behavior in order to increase the amount of on-task time in the classroom. Types and occurrences of disruptive behavior were documented over a 6-week period in two classrooms at each of two junior high schools (grades 6-8) in Illinois. Analysis of the data revealed…
Descriptors: Action Research, Active Learning, Adolescent Development, Behavior Problems
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Wood, David – Literacy Teaching and Learning, 2003
In this article, the author talks about tutoring and learning. He first discusses the analytical and technical questions about the why, what, when, and how of tutoring. He begins by saying a little bit about why he is involved, interested, and fascinated by the very complex human activity people call tutoring. He argues that tutoring is an…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Tutoring, Helping Relationship, Young Children