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Brokamp, Saskia K.; Houtveen, Antonia A. M.; van de Grift, Willem J. C. M. – Journal of Educational Research, 2019
The relationship among students' reading performance, their behavior (task-focused behavior, emotional stability, and compliant behavior) in the classroom, and the teacher's skills was investigated in 66 third-grade classrooms. Results from this study showed the students' reading performance and their behavior in the classroom are all…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Time on Task, Emotional Response, Compliance (Psychology)
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de Smedt, Fien; Graham, Steve; Van Keer, Hilde – Journal of Educational Research, 2019
The authors investigated the impact of explicit instruction and peer-assisted writing on students' writing motivation and self-efficacy for writing. Eleven teachers and their 206 fifth- and sixth-grade students participated in a 2 (explicit instruction vs. writing opportunities without explicit instruction) × 2 (peer-assisted writing vs. writing…
Descriptors: Writing Attitudes, Direct Instruction, Self Efficacy, Grade 5
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Breznitz, Zvia – Journal of Educational Research, 1988
An experimental study involving 44 matched pairs of Israeli first graders found that reading at a faster pace increased comprehension and reduced errors in spite of the insertion of pictorial distractors. (IAH)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attention, Foreign Countries, Grade 1
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Green, Lena; Foster, Don – Journal of Educational Research, 1986
A study investigated the effect of scholastic level, teacher orientation on a control/autonomy continuum, and pupil gender on 459 elementary school students' intrinsic motivation to engage in school work. Results indicated that teacher orientation toward autonomy enhanced the intrinsic motivation of girls on two of three dimensions, and that of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Instructional Program Divisions