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Some Comply While Some Defy: Elementary Teachers' Responses to Leadership Mandates on Reading Comprehension Instruction
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Reid J. Smith; Pamela C. Snow; Tanya A. Serry; Lorraine S. Hammond – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2025
Purpose: We report the qualitative findings from a survey of elementary teachers regarding reading instruction. The purpose is to extend on quantitative findings in a previously described survey to gain a more in-depth understanding of Australian elementary teachers' approaches to the literacy block in their schools: how this is used, who makes…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Administrator Relationship
The Relative Influence of Time Variables on Primary Mathematics Achievement.
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Leach, David J.; Tunnecliffe, Michael R. – Australian Journal of Education, 1984
The influence of two time variables (allocated time and pupil time on task) was compared with the influence of two context variables (aptitude and socioeconomic status), on primary level mathematics achievement. Results showed that the time variables accounted for significantly more variance in achievement, with pupil time on task having the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Mathematics, Predictor Variables
Early Childhood Environments.
Eaton, Jennifer; Shepherd, Wendy – AECA Research in Practice Series, 1998
This issue of the Australian Early Childhood Association Research in Practice Series focuses on creating aesthetically pleasing environments in early childhood care and education settings. The booklet details characteristics of aesthetically pleasing environments and discusses how early childhood practitioners' reflection upon the school or center…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Day Care