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Peer reviewedGuyot, Gary W.; And Others – Small Group Behavior, 1980
Three investigations were conducted to examine the consistency of classroom seating among college students. These three studies indicate that both biological sex and psychological sex may be important when studying human territoriality. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research
Peer reviewedReynolds, William M. – Psychology in the Schools, 1980
Since there is a moderate positive correlation between behavior and self-esteem, a teacher who desires to modify the classroom behavior of a student should follow a procedure that is congruent with enhancing and maintaining the student's self-attitude. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedYen, Shu-Chen; Ispa, Jean M. – Early Education and Development, 2000
Surveyed mothers and children at four constructivist and ten Montessori preschool classrooms. Found a near significant trend suggesting that temperamentally active boys were more likely to be perceived as behavior problems in Montessori settings, which are characterized by working quietly for long periods of time. No similar trends were revealed…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Classroom Environment, Constructivism (Learning), Early Childhood Education
Kimmel, Melvin J. – 1977
Relationships between children's trust of a teacher and achievement, attitude toward school, and pupil-teacher interaction patterns were studied in fouth-grade classrooms. Trust was found to be positively correlated with arithmetic achievement and liking of school--but only for the girls. No positive relationships existed between trust and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Psychology, Children, Classroom Environment
Nelson, Randle W. – Interchange on Educational Policy, 1981
In his class on the sociology of education, a professor attempted to reduce the inequities caused by differences in gender and in socioeconomic background. A community-oriented situation was created in which individuals were made to feel comfortable in an unstructured learning environment. (JN)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Ethnicity, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHertz-Lazarowitz, Rachel – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1979
Israeli children responded to a questionnaire assessing self-esteem, locus-of-control, and classroom social climate. Data were compared according to school grades, socioeconomic status, and sex. Affective personality variables and children's perception of the school social environment followed divergent patterns of development according to social…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Class Attitudes, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style
Download full textLacey, Candace H.; Saleh, Amany; Gorman, Reita – 1998
This paper examines the relationship between teaching style and gender. Faculty at the school of education in a mid-Southern university were asked to complete the Van Tilburg/Heimlich Teaching Beliefs Scale and a demographic profile. The response rate was 57 percent, with 47 percent of the replies from male teachers and 53 percent from female…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, College Faculty, Females
Barclay, James R. – 1978
This study investigates the effects of alternate types of curriculum and counseling treatment on elementary school children categorized into six temperament-attitude clusters. Through a second-order factor analysis of a multi-trait multi-source assessment instrument (The Barclay Classroom Climate Inventory), six cluster groups of characteristics…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Analysis of Covariance, Classroom Environment, Cluster Grouping
Peer reviewedRoopnarine, Jaipaul L.; Honig, Alice S. – Young Children, 1985
Discusses importance attributed to social competence with peers for social development of young children and implications for later years. Review of research addresses the following issues regarding unpopular children: types of interaction patterns, parental childrearing patterns, and development of improved social skills through the help of…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Classroom Environment, Early Childhood Education, Friendship
Johnson, Sylvia T. – 1976
A model of self concept in children was examined by conducting a construct validation of a self concept instrument, the Self-Appraisal Inventory (SAI). The SAI was an 80-item instrument with four subscales: General, Family, Peer and Scholastic, all of which were based on behavioral objectives. The model was made more useful for a school setting…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education
