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Download full textNational Education Commission on Time and Learning, Washington, DC. – 1993
The National Education Commission on Time and Learning (NECT&L) is an independent advisory body authorized by Congress to conduct a comprehensive review of the relationship between time and learning in elementary-secondary education, including international comparisons, the use of time in and out of school, the use of facilities, year-round…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearings, Organizational Climate
Hodes, Carol L. – 1990
Undergraduate students who were given specific instructions to form mental images while reading a text passage containing spatial information scored significantly higher than the control group on a drawing posttest. Significant correlations also resulted between the test scores and both reading time and use of imagery. The use of imagery…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Correlation, Freehand Drawing, Higher Education
Chadsey-Rusch, Janis – 1990
This study describes the social interactions used by a group of 10 secondary-aged students with severe to profound mental retardation, using data gathered through the use of narrative recording procedures. The students' interactions were recorded during school arrival, lunch, and vocational training. Results are presented along three dimensions:…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Interaction, Interpersonal Communication, Job Training
Emmer, Edmund T.; Evertson, Carolyn M. – 1980
Year-long observations of 51 teachers in 11 junior high schools resulted in identification of 2 groups of teachers who were rated as either more or less effective in classroom management during the year. Subsequently, these groups were observed and comparisons were made of their behaviors and activities during the first three weeks of school.…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Junior High Schools, Student Behavior
Hoffman, Lee McGraw; Rachal, Janella – 1983
To provide a Louisiana State reading improvement program with information that could improve instructional efficiency, a study was conducted to determine the relationship between student time on task and eight broad categories of classroom activities used by teachers during reading and language arts instruction. The eight activities studied were…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Learning Activities
Huyvaert, Sarah H. – 1987
Queuing theory is examined in this paper in order to determine if the theory could be applied in educational settings. It is defined as a form of operations research that uses mathematical formulas and/or computer simulation to study wait and congestion in a system and, through the study of these visible phenomena, to discover malfunctions within…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Simulation, Discipline, Educational Research
Weiss, Jill A.; And Others – 1988
The effectiveness of using volunteer reading tutors to work with students with reading difficulties was examined. Changes in academic engaged time, active responding time, achievement, and student attitude were assessed, along with information from tutor evaluations. Nine intervention and 8 control students (grades 3-5) with mild handicaps…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Maintenance, Mild Disabilities, Program Effectiveness
Hertz-Lazarowitz, Rachel – 1990
Cooperative learning aims to enhance students' on-task interactive behaviors in the classroom. Observation in Israeli elementary schools has indicated that interactive behavior of students in their learning sequence holds potential for quality cooperation and help among children, but that teachers lack the skills to structure learning tasks that…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Kurth, Ruth J.; Kurth, Lila M. – 1987
A study examined the use of time reserved for formal reading instruction in elementary schools. Subjects were 36 elementary classroom teachers--12 each from grades 1, 3, and 5--in 8 suburban schools. Specific reading instruction behaviors for each teacher were observed during two complete periods of the regularly scheduled reading classes. Teacher…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Oral Reading, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Crocker, Robert K. – 1986
After reviewing effective teaching research during the past 20 years, one basic question arises: do teachers make any difference? Specifically, do teachers' classroom practices have any effect on student outcomes beyond the effects of ability and home background? What knowledge of minimal teaching competencies has been gained, and how firm is the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Discipline
Clements, Barbara S.; Evertson, Carolyn M. – 1982
Data from 12 2-hour observations of 41 elementary school classroom teachers were used to investigate classroom management problems associated with the use of small group instruction. Student engagement during small group instruction was compared with that in whole class instruction, seatwork, and transitions. Classroom narratives of subsamples of…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
Miller, Leann R. – 1984
State and national data were used to examine whether Pennsylvania students are part of a national trend of decreasing higher achievers' scores and declining higher order skills. Data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reports and the Pennsylvania Educational Quality Assessment (EQA) were examined. Analysis indicated that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Longitudinal Studies
Metcalf, Faith; Feldman, David – 1982
Joint teacher and student development of a contingency management plan to help control disruptive behavior was explored with a class of 13 mildly mentally retarded elementary school children after several less extensive teacher directed contingencies were unsuccessful. All students in the self contained classroom had extensive school histories of…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Contingency Management, Elementary Education
English, Fenwick – 1984
An overview is provided of curriculum management and "mapping," an auditing technique for assessing the content, time, and sequence of the taught curriculum as reported by the teacher. The general notion of management is first discussed in terms of three basic kinds of activities: defining purpose and mission, configuring available…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Problems, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Marockie, Mary – 1983
A description is presented of an improvement program that focused upon a small, flexible, open primary school. The school had been targeted for improvement because of rather low test scores. Improvement efforts focused on findings from four basic strands of school research: (1) structured learning environment; (2) academic feedback; (3) high…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Feedback
