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How Learning Contracts Motivate Students
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Greenwood, Scott C.; McCabe, Patrick P. – Middle School Journal (J3), 2008
In this article, the authors discuss how learning contracts can motivate students. "A learning contract is simply a written agreement between teacher and learner in which the learner undertakes to complete mutually agreed upon tasks in a specified amount of time on his or her own initiative" (Greenwood, 2003, p.1). Contracts are designed to…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Student Participation, Teaching Methods
Use Contracts to Motivate and Manage Your Secondary Reading Class.
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Greenwood, Scott C. – Journal of Reading, 1985
Discusses the use of performance contracts to teach reading to secondary school students in classes classified as "corrective,""developmental," and "enrichment." (HOD)
Descriptors: Independent Reading, Performance Contracts, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills
Contracting Revisited: Lessons Learned in Literacy Differentiation.
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Greenwood, Scott C. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2003
Proposes that literacy learning is social, recursive, personal, and idiosyncratic. Suggests that learning contracts orchestrate child centeredness and increase independence. Concludes that contracts connect previously isolated content area with the personal interests and needs of students, and establishes a classroom climate in which students are…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Literacy, Performance Contracts, Reading Instruction
Using Learning Contracts to Enhance Students' Self-Efficacy for Reading and Writing
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McCabe, Patrick P.; Greenwood, Scott C. – Middle School Journal (J3), 2005
This article explains how a learning contract helps Mr. Watson, a sixth grade middle school teacher find solutions to his problems regarding his student, Samantha's lack of motivation and self-confidence. A learning contract is a written agreement between teacher and learner in which the learner undertakes to complete mutually agreed upon tasks in…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Self Efficacy, Performance Contracts, Student Motivation
Innovations in the Classroom: Learning Contracts in Middle School Developmental Reading Classes.
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Greenwood, Scott C. – Clearing House, 1988
Describes the use of learning contracts in developmental reading classes. Outlines the basic tenets of contract design, and provides details and examples of non-negotiable, partially negotiable, and more negotiable contracts. Notes the possible gains of an independent/self-monitored approach and offers several management tips and cautions. (MM)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Motivation Techniques
Learning Contracts and Transaction: A Natural Marriage in the Middle.
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Greenwood, Scott C. – Language Arts, 1995
Describes how learning contracts (written agreements between a teacher and a student) help meet the needs of both middle school students and teachers. Discusses reappearing themes about contracts, how contracts meet teacher needs, program design and preliminaries, peer-to-peer cooperation, flexible grouping and minilessons, readings, exhibitions,…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Middle School Students, Middle Schools
Empowering Middle Level Students through the Use of Learning Contracts.
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White, George P.; Greenwood, Scott C. – Middle School Journal, 1992
The learning contract is the ideal way to enable the teacher to raise levels of expectation, to provide individual attention, and to personalize the educational experience. Includes a sample contract and suggested practices for the use of a learning contract. (15 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Cooperative Learning, Feedback, High Risk Students