This study was made to determine if there is a difference in attitudes between average IQ but low achievers in two different school settings. The study was conducted with students in a northern Illinois school which features a school-within-a-school as well as a traditional setting. A questionnaire was administered. This study seems to indicate…

This study examines the effects of using a learning game "Equations," student teams, and the game-teams combination on classroom process variables in seventh grade math classes. Using the game created greater student peer tutoring, less perceived difficulty, and greater satisfaction with the class. Using student teams resulted in greater student…

In this article, the author advocates co-educational residence halls for college/university campuses. He argues that this living arrangement is more natural and promotes the fullest possible development of the individual through meaningful relationships with the same and opposite sex; it helps to teach the residents personal and social integration…

Secondary education in the United Kingdom is gradually being reorganized along "comprehensive" lines, although there is still resistance to it. Stemming from the Butler Education Act of 1944, a tripartite secondary system emerged, comprised of the grammar (for superior students), the technical (for average and above average students),…

A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE STATUS AND POSITION OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALSHIP WAS PRESENTED. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE SENT TO 3,506 PRINCIPALS. BASED UPON 1,146 RESPONSES THE DATA WERE ANALYZED AND PRESENTED IN THESE CATEGORIES--(1) ORGANIZATION OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, (2) PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PRINCIPAL, (3)…

CHARACTERISTICS AND CONSTRUCTION OF A COMPUTER SIMULATION MODEL FOR SIMULATING BEHAVIOR OF STUDENTS AND STAFF IN A SCHOOL WERE DESCRIBED. THIS MODEL INCORPORATED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND COMPUTER SIMULATION TECHNIQUES AND WAS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MORE PERVASIVE AND INTERGRATED CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOLS. THE MODEL WAS…

This document contains papers prepared for two meetings involving the French educational research in mathematics institute (IREM) and the German institute (IDM) at the University of Bielefeld. The 14 papers concern: (1) the organization of the school systems in the Federal Republic of Germany and in France; (2) mathematics curricula in German…

Cluster colleges organize campuses to capture all the advantages of the small college (local administration, identifiable students and faculty, a sense of community) while maintaining many of the advantages of the large institution (economy, financial security, efficiency, staff expertise). This article identifies advantages and problems, and…

Educational planning involves giving attention to the social, political, and educational complexity of schooling. Where reform programs do not consider the underlying patterns of school belief and conduct, innovations may only rearrange the technological surface. (Author)

Reported in this article is the degree to which researchers in educational administration have limited their field. It is argued that students of educational administration have ignored not only classroom organization, but also the ways in which school-wide and district-wide structures may affect student outcomes. (Author/EB)

The philosophy at the Jackie Robinson School in California is rooted in the concept that a child's feelings about self and school precede all other concerns. Students here learn to become self-directed, responsible individuals. Describes the school's organizational plan and how it affects students. (Author/RK)

The distinctive patterns of personal and career incentives of faculty affiliated with different types of colleges and universities reaffirms the centrality of organizational diversity to informed descriptions of American higher education. A refinement of the Carnegie Commission typology is offered to aid in the systematic study of organizational…

It was found that students evaluated their schools more highly when the school demanded more of them and offered high standards and opportunities for dramatic resistance to highly structured situations. (JD)

This article examines three problem areas related to classroom organization--team teaching, cross-age grouping, and classrooms labeled according to some prevailing educational ideology. The author notes that staff organization demands careful attention in order to allow teachers opportunity for growth and flexibility. (Author/DS)

Interactions between teachers in a team teaching situation are evaluated. Findings indicate that there is considerable variation in the degree of collaboration achieved and in the extent of collegial influence. Additional comparisons between teacher collaboration and collaboration among other semi-professionals are called for. (Author/DB)