Scapegoating in the classroom is a destructive problem that disrupts the social life of the class. Suggestions are offered in the form of a fable to help both the outcast and those who victimize. (DF)

Presents an analysis of good and bad teaching practices through the perceptions of students and teachers in an Australian Catholic boys' school. Investigates ways teachers negotiate order in the classroom. (MD)

Using the example of a teacher preparing a science review, describes the necessary elements of successful classroom writing. Students' interests, controlled vocabulary and sentence structure, and logic and clarity in the prepared material are stressed. (CJM)

This report describes a program that enhanced vocabulary development and communication within the content area of mathematics. The targeted population was a rural K-12 school district located in the Midwest approximately an hour from three major metropolitan cities. Evidence for the existence of the problem included teachers' observation,…

This booklet presents the high school assessment program for algebra by listing Maryland's Core Learning Goals. The match of content indicators and the skills for successful elaborations in thinking, communication, and technology regarding algebra are discussed. (ASK)

This booklet presents the high school assessment program for geometry by listing Maryland's Core Learning Goals. The match of content indicators and the skills for successful elaborations in thinking, communication, and technology regarding geometry are discussed. (ASK)

Recently, Martin, Myers, and Mottet (1999) introduced a measure for the motives students have for communicating with their instructors. The purpose of this study was to further examine students' motives for communicating in the classroom and to further refine this measure. Additionally, measures of affective and cognitive learning were used to…

Part of a series offering focused, authoritative treatments of subjects of current interest to educators and other readers, this fastback focuses on the topic of humor, particularly its usefulness in instruction. The fastback asserts that humor can increase attention and retention across curricular areas, create a more positive school climate,…

Based on the experiences as a researcher and teacher in lower-track, high school Algebra One classrooms, this book illuminates the complex dynamics of the algebra classroom and explores how to really know students, how to find engaging material, and how to inspire meaningful classroom conversations. A teacher's evolving understandings of his…

This paper recounts a difficult and valuable lesson in one educator's teaching career--when her students helped her to see a central flaw in her approach to the texts in a course entitled "Women in Literature." The paper first gives some background about the educator's preconceptions when she developed the material for the "Women in…

What does it take to facilitate a good classroom discussion? This paper does not set out to give a definitive answer to this question. Rather it presents several excerpts from student-led discussions as examples of how students are able to facilitate class-long discussion on a controversial topic. This paper begins with a brief overview of the…

The pressures of reality dictate a change in the concept of the isolated, self-contained classroom. A strategy for change is suggested based upon the analysis of three critical areas which comprise the schools' structure: packaging, communications, and physical facilities. (CS)

A teacher relates the experiences he and his classes had as a result of nonverbal instruction in mathematics. He tapped creative resources within himself of which he was previously unaware and his students became more involved in formulating the rationales of the mathematics being taught. (JP)

To assist community college faculty and administrators in understanding the classroom communications gap between teacher and student, a simulation exercise named the "Prisoner's Dilemma" was developed to reflect the traditional interpersonal activity that often predominates in the classroom. (Authors/JA)

An initial portion of this paper discussed instructional stages, the content of art learning, and a conception of the teaching-learning situation that interrelates instruction and evaluation. Author also described several classroom situations and indicated how evaluation might contribute to improved instruction. (Author/RK)