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Sivin-Kachala, Jay; Bialo, Ellen R. – 1994
This report summarizes the educational technology research conducted from 1990 through 1994. It is based on 133 research reviews and reports on original research projects from both published and unpublished sources. This research varied in methodology: some studies used a technique for synthesizing and analyzing data from many different studies;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software Development, Computer Uses in Education
Power, Jenny – 1992
This study documented a kindergarten teacher's efforts to actively involve parents as partners in the literacy education of their children. In addition to the teacher, subjects of the study were her 26 pupils and their parents, all residents of rural New South Wales. Data were collected through anecdotal records, field observations, interviews,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Family Environment, Foreign Countries
Ewy, Christine Allen – 1993
A discussion of the education of bilingual children, in both mainstream instructional programs and bilingual or transitional programs, focuses on the manner in which the powerful teacher-student relationship affects student learning processes and the student's language capacity allows him to express his learning. In the first two chapters, the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Pluralism
Mauch, James E.; Birch, Jack W. – 1993
This book is designed to help students understand the details of the thesis or dissertation (T/D) process and to provide faculty with an instructional tool to use in seminars on research and with advisees. Ten chapters cover the following areas : (1) the meaning and purpose of the T/D and the characteristics of high-quality student research; (2)…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Dissertations, Dropout Characteristics, Faculty Advisers
Fraser, Barry J., Ed. – 1993
This document was compiled to help keep science and mathematics teachers in Australia abreast of the results of important research endeavors in education. The monograph is divided into 12 chapters. Chapter one, "Exemplary Science and Mathematics Teachers," (Barry Fraser and Kenneth Tobin) describes a study focusing on examples of…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Demonstration Programs, Diagrams
Golub, Jeffrey N. – 1994
Focusing particularly on student writing, this book describes the principles of an interactive classroom and presents specific activities which adhere to those principles. Acknowledging that such classrooms require that the students feel comfortable with each other, the book details several activities that help to build a positive classroom…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
Crowley, E. Paula – 1991
This research sought to determine the particular teacher interventions that six aggressive adolescents (ages 14.09-17.07 years) perceived as most effective in helping them to develop their academic and social skills in mainstreamed classrooms. Student interviews and classroom observations provided the data for analysis. Student characteristics and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Aggression, Behavior Disorders, Case Studies
Nye, Barbara A.; And Others – 1991
Between 1985 and 1989, the Student Teacher Achievement Ratio (STAR) Project studied the effect of class size on student achievement in Tennessee schools. The study examined: (1) small classes of 15 students per teacher; (2) regular classes of 24 students per teacher; and (3) regular classes with a teacher's aide. The sample included students from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Delgadillo, Fernando – 1991
A popular concept in education indicates that effective instruction requires the teacher to know the child. A study was conducted at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in order to determine where this knowledge comes from. A group of 15 teachers enrolled in the graduate school listed their students and indicated which students they knew…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Communication, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Thompson, Mary J.; O'Brien, Terrance P. – 1991
Considerable study has been focused on relationships between learning styles and other characteristics and conditions, such as teaching styles, achievement, student age, and student gender. In 1991, a study was conducted on two campuses of a comprehensive community college in the southeast to measure the effect on course grades of the relationship…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Age, Age Differences
Johnson, James B. – 1989
This study compares the academic preparation of American Indian, Black, and Hispanic American students with that of White students in the Omaha (Nebraska) Public Schools (OPS). The following measures were examined: (1) racial composition, indicating the school's social and academic atmosphere; (2) student-teacher ratios, indicating educational…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, American Indians, Black Students, Desegregation Effects
Robinson, Nancy M.; Magliocca, Larry A. – 1991
The paper examines an expert systems methodology for identifying and modeling the problem-situated expertise of the regular class teacher, with the objective of determining how regular class teachers who demonstate consistent success or expertise mediate instructional problems. The study, with six identified expert primary-level teachers, analyzed…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Expert Systems, High Risk Students
Wax, Anne S.; Dutton, Margaret M. – 1991
This study was conducted in 1989 in a suburban school district in Oregon for the purpose of determining the impact of high, medium, and low usage levels of cooperative learning on teacher efficacy. Elementary school teachers in the district were engaged in a staff development training program for teaching cooperative learning in the classroom.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Educational Environment, Educational Innovation
Chao, Han-Hua, Comp. – 1990
Originally developed as part of a project for the Department of Defense Schools (DoDDS) system, this learning package on peer response in learning to write is designed for teachers who wish to upgrade or expand their teaching skills on their own. The package includes an overview of the project; a comprehensive search of the ERIC database; a…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Collaborative Writing, Cooperative Learning
Smith, Lyle R. – 1984
High school social studies students (n=448) were each assigned to one of 16 groups defined by possible combinations of two teacher uncertainty conditions (uncertainty vs. no uncertainty), two teacher "bluffing" conditions (bluffing vs. no bluffing), two lesson discontinuity conditions (discontinuity vs. no discontinuity), and two lecture notes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Educational Research, High Schools
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