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The 2014 Claude Bernard Distinguished Lecture: The Social Contract of Learning
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Carroll, Robert G. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2015
The shift to competency-based education expands the role of the teacher from that of a provider of information and into a shaper of knowledge, skills, and attitudes. These roles are facilitated by establishing a social contract between the instructor and learner, a contract that clearly defines the rights and duties of each. Adopting greater…
Descriptors: Lecture Method, Competency Based Education, Teacher Role, Teacher Student Relationship
Classroom Reinforcement and Learning: A Quantitative Synthesis.
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Lysakowski, Richard S.; Walberg, Herbert J. – Journal of Educational Research, 1981
A preview of statistical data from previous studies determined the benefits of positive reinforcement on learning in students from kindergarten through college. Results indicate that differences between reinforced and control groups are greater for girls and for students from special schools and that reinforcement appears to have a strong effect…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classroom Techniques, Educational Research, Feedback
Adapting Teaching Styles to Learning Styles.
Spaulding, Robert L. – 1978
Case studies were conducted to assess the personal learning styles and behaviors of elementary school children to provide teachers the opportunity of using prescribed teaching techniques to match students' styles. Six groups of behaviors were identified: (1) students demonstrate little internal control and are likely to act out and create…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Learning Processes
Changing Teachers' In-Class Behavior Through A Group Training Program.
Weinberg, Gary L. – 1976
The purpose of this study was to demonstrate that specific in-class behaviors of classroom teachers could be modified by training. Focused on were these four behaviors: (a) positive reinforcement (PR), (b) negative reinforcement (NR), (c) amount of time the teacher talks as a percentage of all talk in class, and (d) encouragement of…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques
Effects of Contingent Reinforcement for Attending Behavior on Work Accomplished.
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Ferritor, D. E.; And Others – 1971
The effects of behavioral and performance contingencies on classroom behavior and on academic performance were investigated. The subjects, third grade students from an inner city elementary school, were exposed to a series of conditions including baseline, behavior contingencies, performance contingencies, and a mix of behavior and performance…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques
Change in Teaching Mathematics: A Case Study.
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Wood, Terry; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1991
This case study examined the changes in a second grade teacher's beliefs about learning and teaching as she resolved the conflicts/dilemmas between her previous views and the emphasis of a project on children's construction of mathematical meanings. Video cameras were used to record each mathematics lesson from one school year. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Behavior Change, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques
A Multiple Intelligences Road to a Quality Classroom.
Berman, Sally – 1995
Translating William Glasser's quality school ideas and Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences into simple language and practical ideas, this book contains 21 activities or strategies designed to help students in developing and organizing some new learning behaviors. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1, entitled "Paving the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Theories, Children, Classroom Environment