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Hannafin, Michael J.; And Others – Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 1986
This study examined effects of orienting activities, processing opportunity, and varied lesson access times on college students' learning from interactive video. While practice remains dominant influence in effectiveness of interactive video, significant interactions were also found among access times, processing opportunity, and practice, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education

Pink, William T.; Leibert, Robert E. – Elementary School Journal, 1986
Examines five factors common to elementary schools that serve as major barriers to improved reading achievement: (1) grouping practices and the inappropriate use of instructional time, (2) low teacher expectation for student learning, (3) inappropriate instructional strategies for teaching reading, (4) differential curricula, and (5) inadequate…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Policy

Stallings, Jane; Krasavage, Eileen M. – Elementary School Journal, 1986
Describes findings from a Madeline Hunter Follow-Through Project in two Napa County, California schools over a four-year period that explored the relationships between program implementation and elementary school children's achievement in reading and mathematics. (Author/HOD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Longitudinal Studies

Long, Sheri Spaine – Foreign Language Annals, 1986
Describes an eight-week model role-play project applicable to second language classes on secondary, college, and adult levels. The project was found to result in a greater variety in the students' acquired vocabulary, improved written work, enriched cultural knowledge, and an unusual classroom atmosphere. (Author/SED)
Descriptors: Adults, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Awareness

Kinzer, Charles; And Others – Computers in the Schools, 1985
Describes a study which examined how elementary school students learning Logo through structured and unstructured teaching methods compared in time on task, discipline, and organization factors, and whether techniques other than mastery measures can be used to differentiate Logo classes taught by structured and unstructured techniques. (MBR)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Elementary Education

Walberg, Herbert J.; Lane, John J. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1985
Factors which appear to affect learning are reviewed: student characteristics of age, ability, and motivation; amount and quality of instruction; home and classroom environment; peer influence; television; school and principal effects; and financial expenditures. (GDC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Elementary Secondary Education

Draeger, Sonya; And Others – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1986
Experimenter presence (representing external control) or absence during task presentation were the two conditions under which attentional performance of 16 hyperactive and 16 control subjects (ages 7-12) was assessed. Results suggested noncompliance (an application deficit rather than an ability deficit) as a major contributor to poor performance…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Attention Deficit Disorders, Aural Learning, Classroom Environment

Keeves, John P.; Larkin, Anthony I. – International Journal of Educational Research, 1986
Regression analyses examined the relationships among: time spent (periods and hours per week) studying science; time allocated for science homework; time used by teacher; and time not spent in learning. The performance cycle model of achievement, aspiration, and attitude was supported at the between classrooms level. (GDC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attention, Classroom Research, Elementary Secondary Education

Powers, Donald E. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1985
After adjusting for different background characteristics of students, effects on test scores were related to the length and type of test coaching programs offered. The data suggest that the test item types in the Graduate Record Examination General Test appear to show little susceptibility to formal coaching experiences. (Author/DWH)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Academic Aspiration, Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations

Peterson, Penelope L.; Fennema, Elizabeth – American Educational Research Journal, 1985
Classroom activities related to the mathematics achievement level of students in 36 fourth-grade mathematics classes were identified. Engagement in competitive mathematics activities, cooperative mathematics activities, social activities, and off-task behavior was consistently and differentially related to girls' versus boys' low-level and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Class Activities, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research

Harty, Harold; And Others – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1985
Investigated if relationships existed between middle school students (N=105) science concept structure interrelatedness competence and their time on task, science achievement, scholastic aptitude, previous experience with concept structure interrelatedness, attitudes toward science, interest in science, science curiosity, and self-concept of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Cognitive Structures, Elementary School Science
Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1984
This potpourri surveys research on various topics: neurologically based curricula, midafternoon slumps in student attention, accounting for contexts in research, feelings of powerlessness among students and teachers, further equity implications of computers in schools, misreporting of research findings, and accounting for media transfer in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Oriented Programs, Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education
Vincent, Susan, Ed. – 1999
In multigrade instruction, children of at least a 2-year grade span and diverse ability levels are grouped in a single classroom and share experiences involving intellectual, academic, and social skills. "The Multigrade Classroom" is a seven-book series that reviews current research on multigrade instruction, identifies key issues…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning
Patterson, Norma J.H. – 1999
Two graduate-level educational administration courses, one delivered by computer-mediated (distributed) means and one held face-to-face, were evaluated based upon the needs of adult learners and active learning precepts. The same course was delivered to both classes by the same group of professors, using identical course requirements. The…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Case Studies, Computer Uses in Education, Confidence Testing

Cummins, Jim – Canadian Journal of Education, 1983
Reviews impact of Canadian French immersion research on theoretical conceptions of bilingualism and biliteracy and identifies four major issues: effects of bilingualism on children's cognitive and academic development; effects of intensity of school exposure to the second language; the "optimal age" issue; and the suitability of a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Bilingualism, Cognitive Development