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Alrabai, Fakieh – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2015
This quasi-experimental study investigated the effects on learner anxiety of anxiety-reducing strategies utilized by English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers in Saudi Arabia. The study was conducted in two stages. In the first stage, sources of foreign language (FL) anxiety for Saudi learners of English (N = 596) were identified using The…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Anxiety
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Burns, Mary; Pierson, Elizabeth; Reddy, Shylaja – International Journal of Instruction, 2014
Active Learning in Maths and Science (ALMS) was a six-month face-to-face professional development program for middle school maths and science teachers carried out between June and November, 2010 in two Indian states. ALMS's theory of action is grounded in the belief that collaborative learning serves as a "gateway" to learner-centered…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Professional Development, Middle School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers
Harrop, Alex – Special Education: Forward Trends, 1978
Three eduable mentally retarded English boys (ages 14 and 15 years) were chosen to participate in a behavior modification study to test what effects the modification of their behavior would have on their classmates. (PHR)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classroom Observation Techniques, Foreign Countries, Generalization
Tierney, John – Classroom Interaction Newsletter, 1975
Changes in student teachers' verbal behaviors after feedback from video tapes of classroom activity are discussed. (GW)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classroom Observation Techniques, Evaluation, Feedback
Olson, John K. – 1988
A "thick" description of teaching is referred to as the uncovering of the meaning of what is being said or done by knowing the structure in which it is said or done. In this ethnographic study of teachers' experiences with microcomputers in their classrooms, George Kelly's (1955) personal construct theory was used to develop a clinical interview…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques
Smith, Anne B.; And Others – 1988
An evaluation was made on the effects of an improved staff ratio in New Zealand kindergartens. Aspects of four typical kindergartens staffed by two teachers were compared with aspects of four kindergartens that were provided with a third teacher. Data were collected from teachers, kindergarten children and parents. Findings indicated that the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Comparative Analysis
Ratsoy, Eugene – 1980
A rationale is presented for both investigating the context of educational organizations and building in a program renewal capacity as an essential operational component of every such organization. The findings of several program evaluation studies conducted at the University of Alberta's Faculty of Education are reviewed. These studies were…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Behavior Change, Classroom Observation Techniques, Competency Based Teacher Education