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Download full textMcDonnell, John; And Others – 1996
This study examined the academic engaged time of six students with low incidence disabilities who were enrolled in general elementary classrooms. These students participated in regular classes for reading or math, and at least one other subject area. The academic engaged time of these students was compared to that of six students without…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Activities
Colbeck, Carol L. – 1996
This study examined the ways that workplace contexts influenced the extent to which faculty work behavior is congruent with the mission of the university. Structured observations of six faculty at a research university and six faculty at a comprehensive university were conducted during 1994 and 1995. Each faculty member was observed on five…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Faculty, College Instruction, Congruence (Psychology)
Stanbrough, Mark; Stinson, Bill – 1998
The goal of this project was to develop customized teaching analysis software that would accurately measure recorded teaching behaviors and communicate useful results quickly to the observed teacher with the goal of improving teacher performance. A computer software program, "The Evaluator," was developed that uses a Windows interface programmed…
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Computer Uses in Education, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Effectiveness
McKinney, Rhonda C. – 1989
A 10-week program was developed to provide structure, consistency, and organization in the classrooms of 30 elementary-age emotionally handicapped (EH) students. The program sought to assist the students with staying on task, becoming structured, and reducing inappropriate behavior. The program contained two basic components (a behavioral…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Simsek, Ali – 1992
This study examined the relative effects of homogeneous versus heterogeneous ability grouping on performance and attitudes of students working cooperatively during interactive videodisc instruction. After two cooperative training sessions 80 fourth through sixth grade students, classified as high and low ability, were randomly assigned to…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Attitude Measures, Cooperative Learning
Davies, Sheena; And Others – Edinburgh Working Papers in Linguistics, 1991
This paper reports an investigation of a timetabled session in a self-access center with a General English program. Five classes were observed for three weeks to determine how the available time was actually used. Learners' opinions on the purpose and usefulness of the session were also sought. The most frequently observed activity overall was…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Independent Study
National 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
