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Jones, Elizabeth; Prescott, Elizabeth – 1978
The experiences of one non-profit day care center are used as illustrative material in this discussion of preschool teaching-learning environments. Chapter 1 introduces the volume with a brief argument stressing the importance of play in the preschool. Chapter 2 describes the problems at a non-profit day care center and presents staff dialogue…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Child Responsibility, Classroom Design, Classroom Techniques
Fedigan, Larry; Gay, Gary
A literature review is summarized on the effects of educational and environmental factors on student achievement. Environmental factors include background and community influences, such as social, economic, racial, educational and achievement levels; home environment; and qualities of students, such as academic readiness, motivation, and social…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Community Characteristics
Western Michigan Univ., Kalamazoo. Center for Women's Services. – 1978
Vocational education personnel at twenty secondary high schools and vocational skill centers in Michigan were interviewed to (1) identify vocational educators' perceptions of sex-role stereotyping (SRS) in vocational education, (2) determine whether school personnel had identified effective means of reducing SRS and sex bias in vocational…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Opportunities, Equal Education, Females
Download full textGETZELS, J.W.
THESE ISSUES SHOULD BE DISCUSSED AND RESOLVED BEFORE A LARGE-SCALE INTRODUCTION OF PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN--(1) THE EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCHOOL-RELATED ABILITIES. NUMEROUS STUDIES ATTEST TO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PRESCHOOL YEARS IN ESTABLISHING THE BASIC SKILLS ESSENTIAL TO SUCCESS IN…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Cultural Context
Zimiles, Herbert; Horton, Donald – 1967
The studies which comprise this report are as follows: (a) Document 1, Development of the Matrix Test by Herbert Zimiles and Harvery Asch (PS 001 072); (b) Document 2, Studies of the Social Organization of Head Start Centers by Donald Horton and others (PS 001 073); (c) Document 3, An Experimental Approach to Studying Non-Verbal Representation in…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Cognitive Tests, Disadvantaged, Educational Environment
La Gow, Robert L. – 1977
A study was done to discover and generate a theory of instructional design based on procedures currently used in selected adult education agencies. The methodology used was to generate grounded theory in four stages as follows: (1) discovery of a number of categories into which the collected data are coded, (2) integration of the categories and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Environment, Educational Practices
Summers, Anita A.; Wolfe, Barbara L. – 1976
This research study of elementary, junior high school, and senior high school students examined the relationship between educational inputs and outputs as a measure of growth in academic achievement. Educational inputs were identified as the socioeconomic background of the student, the school climate, and the school resources. Additionally,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Average Daily Membership, Class Size, Educational Environment
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly; Larson, Reed – 1978
One of 52 theoretical papers on school crime and its relation to poverty, this chapter deals with the intrinsic motivation that the systemic structure of a school provides for opportunities for both prosocial and antisocial behavior. On the basis of previous research, the authors propose that the state of enjoyment occurs when a person is…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Change Strategies, Creative Expression, Delinquent Behavior
Mount Diablo Unified School District, Concord, CA. – 1978
The Mt. Diablo Unified School District is in the second year of a pilot program in individual school management in eleven elementary schools, three intermediate schools, and one high school to bring a measurable improvement of learning with existent resources. This is an individual school management system that places educational decision-making…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Decision Making, Educational Environment, Educational Planning
Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. Office of Planning and Budget. – 1976
A framework of goals, policy statements, and implementing activites is set forth aimed at integrating the different kinds of environment improvement activities now underway in the Hawaii Department of Education; expanding and improving those activities in orderly ways in the future; and suggesting new directions. Five areas are targeted for…
Descriptors: Administrators, Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Delinquency Prevention
Jones, Elizabeth
This book channels some research concepts about teacher and child behavior and its settings into ideas that can be used by teachers in an informal analysis of his/her own classroom learning environment. It is particularly directed to kindergarten and primary school teachers, although some nursery school and upper-grade teachers may find it of…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment
McDonald, Frederick J. – 1976
Significant relations were found in this study between how teachers teach and how much children learn in reading and mathematics. The general picture which emerged from the data had two features; first, a pattern of teaching practices is more likely to be related to learning than a single practice and, second, effective teaching patterns will…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Classroom Observation Techniques, Educational Environment
National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1974
The National Education Association Council on Human Relations annual conference on civil and human rights in education provides a forum for teachers, principals, superintendents, and representatives of government agencies, civil rights organizations, and community groups to exchange views about controversial educational issues. The 1974 theme,…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Civil Rights
Boardman, Anthony E.; And Others – 1974
This paper models the educational process by a system of simultaneous equations. The endogenous variables (educational outputs) are a pupil's achievement, participation in a college preparatory program, need for achievement (aspirations), demonstrated motivation (effort), expectations, self-esteem, belief in his ability to control his environment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, College Preparation, Economic Research
Mayeske, George W.; And Others – 1970
The significance of family background (FB) and school factors (SO) in predicting differences among students in their achievement and motivation in different regions of the country (North-South) and areas of residence (metropolitan-nonmetropolitan) is investigated. A statistical test of the equality of slopes and intercepts was used for the FB and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Attitudes, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives
