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Asino, Tutaleni I.; Pulay, Alana – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2019
The physical classroom remains the one constant space where most schooling takes place and where everyday Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) practices in formal educational settings occur. While educational advocates have championed the need for a change to schooling, pedagogy and various teaching and learning practices, the learning…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Classroom Environment, Educational Change, Teaching Methods
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Obaki, Samuel O. – International Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
The primary contribution of this paper is the finding that lack of activities and interesting learning areas prepared by the teacher in the classroom may negatively impact children's social behavior. Classroom design and the teacher's careful selection of materials to be displayed in each of the learning areas do engage young children in learning…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Child Behavior, Social Behavior, Classroom Design
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Ediger, Marlow – College Student Journal, 2009
There are a plethora of variables which affect pupils in the classroom. These might involve the obvious such as uncomfortable temperature readings a well as the following: (1) small group work as compared to individual activities; (2) use of measurably stated objectives versus constructivism as psychologies of learning; (3) a very quiet…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Creative Thinking, Classroom Environment, Zero Tolerance Policy
Gabbard, Ralph B.; Kaiser, Anthony; Kaunelis, David – Computers in Libraries, 2007
The reference desk at Indiana State University's (ISU) library offers an excellent view of student work areas on the first floor. From this vantage point, the reference librarians noticed students, especially in the evening and on weekends, huddled together in small groups, with one student at the keyboard of a laptop or desktop computer. The…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Information Technology, Reference Services, Space Utilization
Cowles, Milly; Aldridge, Jerry – 1992
This guide to designing activity-oriented classrooms for grades K-3 is divided into six chapters. Chapter 1 provides an overview of research findings concerning the way children learn and the environments that best facilitate their learning. Chapter 2, which explains ways to set up an activity-oriented classroom, covers the administration's role…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Class Activities, Classroom Design, Classroom Techniques
Schwartz, Fran; Silin, Jonathan – 2003
This paper argues that progressive pedagogy is a viable alternative to more limited basic skill approaches to school reform. Drawing on qualitative and quantitative data collected during the fourth year of a 7-year multi-site school reform initiative in a besieged urban district, the paper documents ways in which teachers have dramatically altered…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques