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Liu, Jing-Qiu – Phi Delta Kappan, 1997
From her own experience as a secondary teacher in the People's Republic of China, the author concludes that multiyear student/teacher relationships have great potential for improving the academic and social/emotional environments of secondary schools. In China, the multiyear commitment gives teachers considerable academic autonomy and demands…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Looping (Teachers)
Wynne, Edward A.; Walberg, Herbert J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1994
Research has demonstrated that small groups exert powerful emotional influence on members. Learning group effectiveness in American schools is hindered by groups' short-lived character. Article recommends that American educators stress group persistence by keeping discrete groups of students and teachers together over long time periods, reorganize…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Cooperative Learning, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
Butzin, Sarah M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2004
Who says learning always has to be drudgery? Sarah Butzin, the founder of the Institute for School Innovation, proposes "triangulated learning" as a way to give children time to play and develop, even as they pursue high standards. Triangulation is a metaphor for strength. A triangulated learning system taps the power of three to meet…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Reading Instruction
