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Engelmann, Siegfried; Steely, Donald – 1980
The results of a three-part study, conducted to present an indepth look at reading comprehension instruction in the middle grades, are described in this report. Four major areas are covered: teacher's verbal reports, program specifications, teaching behavior, and student mastery. The report first describes the research design, or how a profile of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basal Reading, Classroom Research, Comparative Analysis
Download full textEngelmann, Siegfried; Meyer, Linda A. – 1984
A three-part study was conducted to present an indepth look at reading comprehension instruction in the middle grades. In the first part of the study, four basal series for grades 4, 5, and 6, were analyzed for clarity of communication, adequacy of skill practice provided, and a number of other comprehension related dimensions. In the second part,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basal Reading, Classroom Research, Comparative Analysis
Warries, Egbert – 1986
The paper gives Dutch results and possible implications of three recently completed international evaluation studies. School subjects were mathematics and science at the grade levels 8 and 9 in more than 500 schools. Effect and efficiency of teaching and textbooks in different school types, opportunity to learn, and students' classroom…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Effect Size, Foreign Countries
Vasa, Stanley F. – 1984
Classroom management factors relating to group management of students and cooperation between the student and the teacher are discussed. The definition of classroom management is limited in this discussion to those managerial behaviors related to maintenance of on-task student behaviors and the reduction of off-task or disruptive behaviors.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Discipline
Duckett, Willard R., Ed. – 1980
The wide variety of contexts in which good teaching takes place, a desirable circumstance from most points of view, creates problems, not the least of which is evaluation. Systematic observation is one measurement procedure that can provide some of the data essential to reliable observation. The fourteenth National Symposium for Professionals in…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Berliner, David C. – 1983
This exploration of an analogic conception of classrooms as workplaces and teachers as executives is divided into five parts. The origin of the author's interest in executive and management skills in teaching is described first. This is followed by analysis of the unfortunate history of the relationship between business management and education.…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Jenkins, Mercilee M.; And Others – 1983
Based on the realization that professors' cultural and personal backgrounds affect the way they transmit information and the way they interact with men and women students in their classes, this booklet is designed to help faculty members assess how they are presenting subject matter to their students. The first section of the booklet,…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Communication, College Faculty, College Students
Goodman, Jesse – 1983
Student teachers were observed at their practicum sites and in their university courses to determine the relationship of education courses to field experiences in an elementary education program designed to integrate these two components. The curriculum and nature of instruction found at the practicum sites were highly structured, predetermined,…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Curriculum Development, Educational Theories, Elementary Education
Farren, Sean – 1984
A review of several classroom observation and survey studies of comprehension instruction, content area reading for homework, and aspects of reading assignments raises the question of whether enough is being done in Irish schools to develop critical reading competency. It appears from these studies that many students are being left to their own…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Content Area Reading, Critical Reading, Elementary Secondary Education
Jones, M. Gail – 1989
This study investigated the seating patterns of target students in science classrooms to see if there was an action zone or t-zone present. Fifty-six physical science and chemistry classes were observed using the Brophy-Good Teacher-Child Dyadic Observation System. Target students were identified and their interactions were compared to non-target…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
van der Sijde, Peter – 1985
A report is given of the development and implementation of a training manual for eighth-grade mathematics teachers in the Netherlands. The manual is research-based on process-product correlations of effective classroom practices. To test the effectiveness of a 6-hour training period using the manual, nine experienced mathematics teachers were…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
Arnau, Joaquim – 1989
A study analyzed and compared the classroom interactional strategies of two teachers of Catalan immersion classes and one teacher of Spanish as a native language in Spain at the kindergarten level. The theoretical framework guiding the study is based on analysis of the native-speaker/non-native-speaker distinction. Two comparisons were made: (1)…
Descriptors: Children, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis
Ferrell, Susan; Howley, Aimee – 1988
This paper records the experiences of two teacher educators at a small liberal arts college who attempted to deliver instruction in ways that were designed to meet the needs of individual preservice students. The program was individualized for the students in three ways: (1) the pace of instruction was matched with the abilities of individual…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Elementary Education, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education
Goffin, Stacie G. – 1988
The purpose of this paper is to review the research literature on effects produced by elementary school teachers and to identify implications of the findings for the early education of children prior to the first grade. Current issues in the research on teacher effects are discussed under the following headings: (1) teachers do make a difference;…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Context Effect, Decision Making, Educational Practices
Cooper, Pamela J. – 1986
Noting that many of the functions undertaken by classroom teachers involve communication skills or skills dependent on an ability to communicate effectively, this paper outlines a course in speech communication specifically for teachers. The paper first lists the teaching, managing, and decision making activities teachers undertake that involve…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Communication Skills, Course Content, Higher Education
