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La Greca, Annette M. – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1987
Research on the peer relationship problems of learning disabled (LD) children is summarized, highlighting methodological shortcomings and drawing implications for social intervention. Noted are tendencies of LD children to be frequently off task, to have more negative interactions with teachers and peers, and to be conversationally less assertive.…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Attention Span, Behavior Problems, Communication Problems
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Robbins, Pamela – Elementary School Journal, 1986
Describes a four-year Follow-Through Research Project that investigates the effects of a comprehensive staff development program, based on Madeline Hunter's Instructional Theory into Practice Model, designed to improve instruction on student engaged rates and achievement in reading and mathematics. (Author/HOD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Longitudinal Studies
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Goldberg, Milton – Childhood Education, 1984
Describes the history, recommendations, and impact of "A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform," the report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education. Discusses broad recommendations regarding the curriculum; standards and expectations for students; time devoted to learning; the status of the teaching…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
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Lubeck, Sally – Sociology of Education, 1984
Observations of two preschool settings--one Black and one white--suggests that structures of time and space are implicit forms through which adult values are transmitted to children. White teachers structured an environment that maximized individual choice and action; Black teachers structured time and space to reinforce collectivism, authority,…
Descriptors: Blacks, Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research
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Dwyer, Carol A. – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 1986
A study of undergraduate students investigated whether different rehearsal strategies are more effective in facilitating achievement, whether certain rehearsal strategies require learners to spend more time interacting with instructional content, and whether verbal or visual testing requires students to spend more time processing and responding to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Criterion Referenced Tests, Higher Education
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Keeves, John P. – International Journal of Educational Research, 1986
Variables which affect students' academic motivation, and thus, school learning, are discussed. Recent research has built on the model presented by Carroll in 1963. Research on the following concepts is reviewed: active learning time; academic motivation, significant others; sex of student; context of learning; and affective factors. (GDC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Motivation
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Slavin, Robert E. – Elementary School Journal, 1984
Discusses alterable elements of classroom organization, traditional approaches to instructional improvement, and "component building," an alternative approach to education. The component-building approach involves an extensive program of field experimental research on classroom practices that are or could become components of complete…
Descriptors: Action Research, Class Organization, Educational Improvement, Educational Research
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Tobin, Kenneth – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1984
Examined relationships between teaching behaviors and student engagement in 13 middle school science classes. Results indicated that seven managerial variables and four instructional variables were significantly related to student engagement rates. Types of tasks allocated by teachers were also significantly related to types of tasks undertaken by…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools
Larson, Jim; Lochman, John E. – 2002
This comprehensive guide presents the Anger Coping Program, an empirically supported group intervention for 8-12 year olds with anger and aggression problems. Controlled clinical research has demonstrated this program to reduce teacher- and parent-directed aggression; improve on-task behavior in the classroom; and enhance participants' verbal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aggression, Anger, Behavior Modification
Keilty, Bonnie – 2000
This paper discusses preliminary results of a project investigating the phenomenon of mastery motivation with three significant groups: provider, family, and extremely premature infant. Three focus groups to determine the state of early intervention's knowledge and utilization of mastery motivation were conducted in three states. A repeated…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Early Intervention
Frydendall, Peggy; LeWald, Karen; Walls, Janet; Zarring, Elizabeth – 2001
This document discusses a program designed to decrease students' off-task behaviors in order to help create a positive learning environment. The targeted population consisted of elementary students from two midwestern communities. Children attended schools in both lower-middle class and upper-middle class schools. The problem of off-task behavior…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Educational Environment, Elementary Education
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Howe, Ann C.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1983
Male student behaviors and student-student interactions were studied in racially integrated activity-centered junior high classrooms. Coded behaviors included: how time was spent by both Black and White students, the number and nature of within-and cross-race interactions, and the relationship between learning behaviors and grades. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Desegregation Effects, Grade Point Average
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Brush, Thomas A. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1997
Discusses a computer-assisted instruction study that examined the impact of group composition on student achievement, time on task, and group interactions when completing integrated learning system (ILS) math activities in cooperative pairs. The study paired elementary school students homogeneously or heterogeneously based on ability. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Analysis of Covariance, Computer Assisted Instruction
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O'Reilly, Mark; Tiernan, Roisin; Lacey, Claire; Hillery, John; Gardiner, Marianne – Education and Treatment of Children, 2002
The use of a self-monitoring strategy to increase on-task behavior was examined with a post-institutionalization 13-year-old child included in a regular school in Ireland. A functional assessment conducted prior to the intervention indicated the student engaged stereotypy unless involved in academic tasks. After implementation of the intervention,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Developmental Disabilities
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Caboni, Timothy C.; Mundy, Meaghan E.; Duesterhaus, Molly Black – Peabody Journal of Education, 2002
Examined the student normative support for Chickering and Gamson's (1987) seven principles of good undergraduate education. Findings from surveys of undergraduate college students indicated that there was empirical evidence of student support for three of the seven principles: faculty-student contact, cooperation among students, and high…
Descriptors: Active Learning, College Faculty, College Students, Collegiality
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