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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

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

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

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

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

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

Rieber, Lloyd P. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1989
Describes study that was conducted to examine the effects of animation and practice on factual and application learning in elementary science computer-based instruction (CBI). The extent to which animation and practice promoted near and far transfer of learning outcomes is explored, and effects on processing time are examined. (31 references) LRW)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Drills (Practice), Elementary Education

Tovar, Mariela – Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 1989
Describes a study of college students that was conducted to investigate the effect of two review strategies on the recall of information from an interactive video program. Treatments for the active review group, the passive review group, and the control group are described. Recall posttests and amount of time required to complete the instruction…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Instructional Design

Metzler, Michael – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 1989
Current literature on time-related research in sport pedagogy is discussed in four general areas: conceptualization of time, measurement of time, how time is spent in physical education and sport settings, and unknown elements of time-related events. A six-item agenda for further research on time in sport pedagogy is suggested. (IAH)
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Athletics, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Butzin, Sarah M. – Computing Teacher, 1990
Describes Project CHILD (Computers Helping Instruction and Learning Development), a computer-integrated learning system for elementary schools developed at Florida State University. Topics discussed include restructuring the grades and the curriculum; changing roles of teachers, students, and parents; motivation; time on task; cost-effective use…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education

Lazarowitz, R.; And Others – Science Education, 1988
Presents the background, methodology and results of a controlled study of student achievement and behavior comparing a traditional teacher-centered class to one in which students participated in cooperative learning. Reports the results for academic achievement as inconclusive and on-task behavior as significantly better for the cooperative…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Educational Improvement, Learning Activities

Charlesbois, Pierre – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1994
This study sought to determine predictors of serious antisocial behaviors through use of multiple gating screening procedures. Kindergarten boys in 54 Montreal (Quebec, Canada) schools were assessed; then boys with high aggressiveness-hyperactivity-distractibility scores were observed for task-inappropriate behaviors and rated on inattention and…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Attention, Behavior Disorders