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'How Do You Say It in Arabic, in Hebrew, in English?' Towards a Better Understanding of Children's Agentic Behaviour in Novel Language Learning
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Schwartz, Mila; Deeb, Inas; Hijazy, Sujoud – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
The aim of this study was to explore patterns of children's agency enactment in second-language learning as reflected in their language learning and social interactions in a bilingual Arabic-Hebrew-speaking classroom. We examined the connection between these behaviour patterns and the children's L2 progress in the bilingual classroom. The study…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Bilingual Education
Reactive Behavior Patterns in Gifted Adolescents.
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Cioffi, Diane H.; Kysilka, Marcella L. – Educational Forum, 1997
When teachers identified the reactive behavior patterns of 100 gifted adolescents, they classed 74% as aggressive dependent, influenced by compulsive and hysteric traits; 89.8% of the girls were thus labeled. Results raise the question of whether gifted programs seem to target only students who meet certain behavior standards. (SK)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adolescents, Advanced Placement Programs, Behavior Patterns
Teachers' Differential Behavior Toward Higher and Lower Achieving Students and Its Relation to Selected Teacher Characteristics.
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Mitman, Alexis – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1985
Instructions between 12 third-grade teachers and their students were coded by observers who also rated the quality of teacher instruction. Questionnaires measured teachers' perception and attitudes. Teachers showing more concern for lower achieving students also received lower ratings on their teaching quality. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Observation Techniques, High Achievement, Individual Differences
The Effects of Personality on Success in Student Teaching.
Pfeifer, Jeri – 1983
A study hypothesized that significant relationships exist between personality traits and success in student teaching, and will be manifest between those students demonstrating definitive levels of personality trait characteristics identified as being related to success, and those who do not. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) was administered…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Higher Education, Interpersonal Competence, Personality Measures
Generalization and Setting Specificity of Behavioral Deficits among Learning Disabled Students.
Bender, William N. – Learning Disabilities Research, 1989
Resource teachers' and regular teachers' ratings for 32 elementary-level learning-disabled (LD) students were compared to identify teachability characteristics and behaviors. Though the two groups of teachers did not note differences in problem behaviors of the same LD child in different settings, differences in cognitive/motivational and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes
The Changing American Child: The Perspective of Educators.
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Zimiles, Herbert – 1982
A study was based on retrospective descriptions obtained from interviews with a large number of teachers who have taught for over 20 years. Three areas of change in students were consistently noted in the descriptions: children today know more, are freer, and grow up more rapidly. More autonomous, and armed with greater knowledge, children emerge…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Elementary Secondary Education