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Janicki, Terence C.; Peterson, Penelope L. – 1980
This study investigated aptitude-treatment interaction (ATI) effects of variations in direct instruction. Two teachers each taught a 2-week fractions unit to two classes of fourth- and fifth-grade students. Each teacher taught one class using direct instruction and the other using a small-group variation of direct instruction. Students completed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Elementary Education
Dorval, Bruce – 1980
This study investigates cooperation in conversation among group members at five educational levels. In groups of six (three males and three females) second-, fifth-, ninth-, and twelfth-graders and college students met for 10 meetings of 20 minutes to an hour's duration. Members decided discussion topics and procedures. These meetings were tape…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Age Differences, Children
Download full textBorich, Gary D. – 1979
Five studies identifying the relationships between teacher behavior and pupil achievement are reviewed. The purpose of the review is to report the most practical implications for teacher education. The behaviors listed in these studies represent only those teacher processes, skills, or performances that have exhibited statistically significant…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Interaction Process Analysis, Research Methodology
Texas Univ., Austin. Research and Development Center for Teacher Education. – 1980
Publications produced from research projects conducted by the Texas University Research and Development Center are listed. Information is given concerning the following university-based projects: 1) Classroom Organization and Effective Teaching; 2) Dimensions of Classroom Instruction; 3) Student Perceptions and School Behavior; 4)…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Class Organization, Instructional Development, Interaction
Henderson, Carl; And Others – 1980
This report contains the observations made by a trio of external evaluators who conducted an on-site evaluation of the Columbus Teacher Center. A wide range of educational evaluation areas were explored. The report represents a description of current practices, strengths, concerns, and recommendations as viewed by the evaluation team. Educational…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Evaluation Methods, Financial Support, Information Dissemination
Frederiksen, John R. – 1980
A major purpose of the Search for Effective Schools Project has been to explore the truth of the following two propositions: that both pupil response to instruction and the delivery of instruction are functions of pupil background, prior knowledge and level of achievement. That is, the project sought to demonstrate the existence of effective…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Basic Skills, Educational Quality
Morine-Dershimer, Greta – 1979
This paper focuses on an analysis of relationships among interactive behavior, interactive decision making, and interactive processing of information about pupils as perceived by teachers in the course of a lesson. Three teachers participated in the study. In response to a general request to state their plans for the lesson, the teachers…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
McCarthy, E. Doyle – 1979
The paper examines George Herbert Mead's account of the individual's relation to the physical world. Mead (1863-1931) taught social psychology and philosophy at the University of Chicago from 1893-1931 and is best known for his theory of self. This theory maintains that the self is formed in a particular historical context and that it includes…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology, Environmental Influences, Human Development
LANGE, CARL J. – 1967
THE EFFECT OF A LEADER'S ACTIONS ON HIS FOLLOWERS IN SMALL MILITARY UNITS WAS THE SUBJECT OF SEVERAL RESEARCH STUDIES CONDUCTED TO EXPLORE THE NATURE OF THE LEADERSHIP PROCESS, WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF DEVELOPING TRAINING THAT WOULD USE IMPROVED PRESENTATIONAL MATERIALS AND WOULD BE BASED ON LEADERSHIP DOCTRINE WITH DEMONSTRATED VALIDITY. THE…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Evaluation, Group Behavior, Human Relations
DUNN, JAMES A.; SAFFORD, PHILIP L. – 1967
AGE, SEX, AND IQ DIFFERENCES IN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CONCEPTUAL PERFORMANCE OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WERE STUDIED. PERFORMANCE MEASURES WERE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF DUNN'S OBJECT SORTING TASK (OST) WHICH PROVIDED SUCH INDICATORS AS SIZE OF THE COGNITIVE MATRIX, ACCESSIBILITY OF THE CONCEPTS IN THE MATRIX, AND DEGREE OF PRECISION IN…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Tests
PETTIT, MAURICE L.; ROBINSON, H.B. – 1966
THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO TEST THE DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTIVENESS AND INTERACTION EFFECTS OF SEVERAL METHODS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENTS' ATTITUDES AND THE UNDERACHIEVEMENT OF THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN. THE INVESTIGATION ALSO ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND AN EARLIER STUDY ON THE EFFECTS BROUGHT ABOUT IN CHILDREN BY EMPHASIZING…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Elementary School Students, Group Dynamics, Group Guidance
Sloan, Charles A.; Nolin, Reginald S. – 1980
After summarizing the current literature regarding potential school organizational structures and practices, this report outlined the process that was developed and utilized by four small rural school districts in southern Minnesota in 1980. Emphasis was on maintaining local school districts which cooperated with other schools through an…
Descriptors: Committees, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Easterly, Jean L. – 1977
Student teaching may be defined as a complex intermingling of roles and institutions. Few, however, would dispute that the core of student teaching is that unique relationship which occurs between two persons--the student teacher and the cooperating teacher. This relationship may be explored by examining two alternative models for matching student…
Descriptors: Congruence (Psychology), Cooperating Teachers, Empathy, Higher Education
Joyce, Bruce – 1980
Drawing on a recent series of investigations into teacher information processing while teaching, a set of propositions to guide inquiry into the relationship between thought and action in the classroom are advanced. These propositions represent a "pre-theory"--steps toward defining the nature of information processing during teaching and the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
Glynn, Ted; McNaughton, Stuart – 1979
A state of the art survey provided an overview of approximately ten years of applied behavior analysis research in New Zealand. Research areas identified in an earlier review are updated in this report, and current directions in research activities are identified. General programs, including innovative special education facilities and remedial…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis
