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Doyer, Ilse; Bean, Wilna L.; du Plessis, André – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2023
This paper presents the use of the time-on-task analysis (TOTA) diagnostic model as an instrument to improve the efficient management of allocated academic time in schools and focuses on the descriptive analytics produced by the TOTA model. The model aims to analyse how time is spent during the school day to enable school leaders, managers, and…
Descriptors: Time on Task, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Time Management
Ratcliff, Nancy J.; Jones, Cathy R.; Costner, Richard H.; Savage-David, Emma; Hunt, Gilbert H. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2011
Classrooms are complex societies. Teachers are the leaders of these societies and the way they exercise their leadership abilities greatly affects the interactions that take place between teachers and students as well as interactions between the students themselves. These interactions, both social and instructional, have a great impact on the…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Group Dynamics, Comparative Analysis, Classroom Environment
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Ing, Marsha – Journal of Educational Administration, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe the variability of principals' classroom observations across schools and to relate classroom observations to the schools' instructional climate. This helps identify the conditions under which classroom observations effectively improve instruction in some schools and not in other schools.…
Descriptors: Evidence, Instructional Improvement, Principals, Classroom Observation Techniques
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. – 1990
The purpose of this booklet is to relate significant research pertaining to student achievement. Each section defines one of eight research-based variables associated with greater academic achievement and includes some practical applications within school settings. According to the first two sections, high principal and teacher expectations are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Thompson, Loraine – 1984
This literature review examines the teaching techniques and school environments that have been linked with high scores on standardized tests. It describes the strategies that might be used to achieve one particular educational goal, while making teachers aware that trade-offs are required when they choose to emphasize one particular goal. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Educational Assessment
Hobar, Nicholas – 1981
Examples are cited of educational research and development findings that have specific implications for improving classroom management and school effectiveness in a comprehensive educational program. Described is the West Virginia Department of Education's current use of research on brain growth as one basis for realigning the curriculum. Patterns…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Delivery Systems, Developmental Stages