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Skidmore, Ronald L.; Aagaard, Lola; Conner, Timothy W., II – Online Submission, 2011
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between student beliefs regarding instructor-imposed activities to encourage student use of course textbooks and Life Orientation (i.e., dispositional optimism or pessimism). A convenience cluster sample (n = 105) was obtained from students taking summer classes at a regional state…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Student Attitudes, Textbooks, Teacher Influence
1999
This video is one of a four-part series which is designed to introduce teachers and parents to standards and teaching in a standards-based environment, and aims to help teachers and parents understand how teaching with standards can change classrooms, work assignments, and student performance. This video demonstrates what starting to meet the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Classroom Environment, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Arts
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Cole, Jill E. – Reading Teacher, 2003
Examines what motivates students to read by looking at four literacy personalities. Explores readers' beliefs, readers' reasons and purposes, and readers' affective reactions. Proposes that self-efficacy is important at the beginning of a literacy event. Provides some practical ideas for classroom teachers to discover students' literacy…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Literacy, Primary Education, Reading Assignments