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Peer reviewedGrieshaber, Susan; Halliwell, Gail; Hatch, J. Amos; Walsh, Kerryann – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2000
Examines how early childhood teachers in one Australian state use child observations. Argues that the current economic/political climate has produced changes for early childhood settings and that how teachers respond to changes regarding child observation depends on their work context. Suggests that the purpose of observation is changing and that…
Descriptors: Accountability, Early Childhood Education, Educational Change, Expectation
Peer reviewedKramer, Laurie; Perozynski, Lisa A.; Chung, Tsai-Yen – Child Development, 1999
Mothers' and fathers' responses to their children's spontaneous sibling conflicts were observed. Findings indicated that associations between parents' conflict management strategy and sibling interaction quality varied according to children's ages, gender of the monitoring parent, and type of strategy. Passive nonintervention was highly associated…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Rearing, Conflict, Fathers
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Direct linkTsiakkiros, Andreas – International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning, 2005
The main aim of this article is to examine the application of the concept of continuous development to the Cyprus Educational System. First, the concept of continuous development, the necessary conditions for its existence, the policies of the organization, and the responsibilities of those involved are discussed. Afterwards, the identification of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Responsibility, Administrator Role
Hoppe, Sue E. – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2005
This article presents interview information from parents to educators on the importance of teaching communication to students with autism spectrum disorder. The perspectives of three mothers of children with autism are presented to gain insight to strategies they felt helped their child to improve in the areas of interaction, communication, and…
Descriptors: Mothers, Autism, Interaction, Parent Attitudes
Yoder, Holly – Science Scope, 2005
In the introductory assignment, each randomly assigned group spends about 10 to 15 minutes at each station. The author incorporates as much sensory stimulation in the activity as possible. At the first station, students view a PowerPoint show from a geology class the author participated in at the Grand Canyon. At station two, students look at a…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Geology, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Grainger, Teresa; Barnes, Jonathon; Scoffham, Stephen – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2004
Despite government rhetoric, higher education lecturers and schoolteachers in the UK remain under pressure to focus on standards and measurement in the core curriculum at the relative expense of a wider and more creative education. This article argues that the balance needs redressing and explores the nature of creative teaching in the context of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Experience, Core Curriculum, Creative Teaching
Tsui, Chi-Yan; Treagust, David – Research in Science and Technological Education, 2004
This article examines conceptual learning of genetics in a Year 10 Australian classroom from an ontological perspective. The study was part of a larger research project about teaching and learning genetics with computer-based multiple representations. Genetics is an important but difficult topic to teach and learn at school. The study used an…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Science Teachers, Genetics, Concept Formation
The Challenges of Observing Geologically: Third Graders' Descriptions of Rock and Mineral Properties
Ford, Danielle J. – Science Education, 2005
The understandings of properties that children develop in the context of rock and mineral identification point to the challenges of observing in a manner authentic to the discipline of geology. The notebook entries of 34 third graders written during the enactment of a commercial unit on earth materials were investigated for their descriptions of…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Mineralogy, Discipline, Geology
Mathews, Susann M.; Cornell, Kevin F.; Basista, Beth A. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2006
This article describes the activities that fifth-grade students experienced when learning about the moon, its phases, and eclipses. It illustrates how mathematics and science can be integrated to enhance the learning of both. (Contains 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Grade 5, Astronomy, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Education
Otoya-Knapp, Karina – Teacher Education and Practice, 2005
The author of this article presents a case study of four undergraduate students who participated in a semester-long study at an East Coast Catholic university. The students were involved in critical reflection about their identities within a critical multicultural education class. They were asked to connect their personal experiences to the class…
Descriptors: Race, Undergraduate Students, Change Agents, Participant Observation
Wall, Shavaun; Kisker, Ellen E.; Peterson, Carla A.; Carta, Judith J.; Jeon, Hyun-Joo – Journal of Early Intervention, 2006
Using data from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, this study analyzed the similarities and differences of variables associated with child care services for low-income families with young children with disabilities and low-income families with typically developing children. Four major variables were analyzed: access to child…
Descriptors: Child Care, Low Income Groups, Young Children, Disabilities
Hooks, Laura McDonald; Scott-Little, Catherine; Marshall, Betty Jo; Brown, Glyn – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2006
South Carolina recently implemented a new initiative to improve the quality of pre- kindergarten and kindergarten classrooms in primary schools. This article describes the initiative and examines evidence that such an effort can have a positive effect on early childhood program quality. Data from both classroom observations using the ECERS-R…
Descriptors: Accountability, Program Implementation, Classroom Observation Techniques, Teacher Surveys
Allhusen, Virginia; Belsky, Jay; Booth-LaForce, Cathryn L.; Bradley, Robert; Brownwell, Celia A; Burchinal, Margaret; Campbell, Susan B.; Clarke-Stewart, K. Alison; Cox, Martha; Friedman, Sarah L.; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathryn; Houts, Renate M.; Huston, Aletha; Jaeger, Elizabeth; Johnson, Deborah J.; Kelly, Jean F.; Knoke, Bonnie; Marshall, Nancy; McCartney, Kathleen; Morrison, Frederick J.; O'Brien, Marion; Tresch Owen, Margaret; Payne, Chris; Phillips, Deborah; Pianta, Robert; Randolph, Suzanne M.; Robeson, Wendy W.; Spieker, Susan; Lowe Vandell, Deborah; Weinraub, Marsha – Developmental Psychology, 2004
This study evaluated the extent to which first-grade class size predicted child outcomes and observed classroom processes for 651 children (in separate classrooms). Analyses examined observed child-adult ratios and teacher-reported class sizes. Smaller classrooms showed higher quality instructional and emotional support, although children were…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Group Activities, Literacy, Family Income
Writing in Mathematics: An Alternative Form of Communication for Academically Low-Achieving Students
Baxter, Juliet A.; Woodward, John; Olson, Deborah – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 2005
Classroom communication figures prominently in current math reform efforts. In this study, we analyze how one teacher used writing to support communication in a seventh-grade, low-track mathematics class. For one school year, we studied four low-achieving students in the class. Students wrote in journals on a weekly basis. Using classroom…
Descriptors: Profiles, Classroom Communication, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
Strayer, Janet; Roberts, William – Social Development, 2004
In Roberts and Strayer (1996), we reported that emotional expressiveness and anger were important predictors of empathy for school-age children, and that empathy strongly predicted prosocial behaviors aggregated across methods and sources. In this paper, we report how empathy was associated with direct observations of anger and aggression in peer…
Descriptors: Play, Causal Models, Empathy, Psychological Patterns
