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Peterson, Penelope L.; Janicki, Terence – 1979
This study investigated aptitude-treatment interactions (ATI) in fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students' learning in large and small group teaching approaches. Each of two elementary teachers taught a two-week fractions unit to two classes of randomly assigned students. Each class received one approach. Students completed aptitude measures at the…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Cognitive Style
Nunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; McPherson, Maggie, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2015
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2015, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information and Society and is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, July 21-24, 2015). The e-Learning 2015…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Failure, Electronic Learning, Success
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Borko, Hilda; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1981
Presents a conception of teacher decision making and identifies several questions about the planning of reading instruction. Describes studies of grouping students for reading instruction and examines them for the answers they provide to questions about the planning of reading instruction. (MKM)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Reading Instruction
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Dunn, Rita – Reading Psychology, 1988
Reviews studies concerned with perceptual learning styles and provides a research basis for an experimental procedure which allows students to be introduced to new information through their strongest modality, to have that information reinforced through multisensory assignments, and to internalize the information through application in a creative…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, Large Group Instruction, Learning Modalities
Janicki, Terence C.; Peterson, Penelope L. – 1980
This study investigated aptitude-treatment interaction (ATI) effects of variations in direct instruction. Two teachers each taught a 2-week fractions unit to two classes of fourth- and fifth-grade students. Each teacher taught one class using direct instruction and the other using a small-group variation of direct instruction. Students completed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Elementary Education
McCarthey, Sarah J. – 1996
This study followed each of three students in several different social contexts within an elementary classroom, analyzing their discourse from different theoretical perspectives. The social construction and reconstruction of students across different classrooms, tasks, and social contexts was examined, including the influence of constructs…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Group Dynamics, Interpersonal Relationship
Broaden, Shirley Mae – 1980
This study examined ability grouping of students in relationship to the amount of time they received from teachers, the effects of grouping on students' self concept, and grouping students according to their social behavior as perceived by the teacher. Information was obtained on the criteria teachers used for placing students in various groups,…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria