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Okoye, N. S. – Education, 2009
The study examined the effects of gender, socio-economic status and school location, on Nigerian students performance in Integrated Science. The method used for the study was a three variable analysis of variance experimental design consisting of three independent variables at two levels each and one dependent variable. Six hundred junior…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Sex, School Location, Science Achievement
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Kusmawan, Udan; O'Toole, John Mitchell; Reynolds, Ruth; Bourke, Sid – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2009
This paper describes an investigation of the interaction between teaching method and school locality in aligning student environmental beliefs, attitudes and intentions. Data for this study were collected from 236 adolescent upper secondary school students and chemistry teachers in Indonesia who were completing environmental topics from the local…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Secondary School Students
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Ersen Yanik, Asli – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2008
This study aims to investigate how the teachers who have different background characteristics perceive the goals and content of the English language curriculum implemented at the 6th, 7th and 8th grades of public primary schools. The study was conducted during the 2004-2005 school year with 368 English teachers selected from the seven regions of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Teachers, English (Second Language), Teacher Attitudes
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Hancock, Carl B. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2008
This study examined the effects of teacher characteristics, school conditions, teacher efficacy, external support, and remuneration on music educators' risk for attrition and migration. Data from the 1999-2000 Schools and Staffing Survey--a comprehensive, nationally representative survey of teachers, principals, and schools conducted by the…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Persistence
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Al-Sahel, Rashed Ali – School Psychology International, 2005
This study focuses on teachers' perceptions of the problem of underachievement in elementary schools in Kuwait. Five hundred and twenty elementary school teachers participated. Teachers thought that the main reasons behind the problem of under-achievement in school could be attributed to family factors. They also indicated that the most related…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Underachievement, Reading Difficulties, Elementary School Teachers
Harris, Judy J. – Momentum, 1990
Describes a program placing college juniors in elementary school classrooms as part of their teacher methods courses. Stresses the importance of communication with and involvement by the school teachers and administrators in implementing such programs. Presents summary results of the program's qualitative evaluation. (PAA)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, College Juniors, College School Cooperation, Colleges
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Williams, Anne – British Educational Research Journal, 1993
Reports on a study of teachers participating in a mentoring program involving site-based preservice teacher education. Analyzes teacher responses in the context of a model that identifies different approaches to mentoring and different levels of operation. Finds diverse views and discusses implications for future preservice teacher education…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Master Teachers