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Oldfather, Penny – 1992
"Sharing the ownership of knowing" (a constructivist concept of motivation for literacy learning) is a dynamic classroom interaction in which a teacher's constructivist epistemological stance facilitates students' sense of their own construction of meaning and the integrity of their own thinking. Sharing the ownership of knowing was one…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Constructivism (Learning), Intermediate Grades
Oldfather, Penny – 1993
A continuing longitudinal study examined students' perceptions of their learning and motivation in a whole language classroom setting. Subjects, 14 fifth- or sixth-grade students who collaborated in the inquiry as co-researchers, were interviewed in depth. The mixed fifth- and sixth-grade classroom at the "Willow School" in southern…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Intermediate Grades, Literacy, Longitudinal Studies
Oldfather, Penny – 1994
Teachers' responsiveness to and empathic understanding of students' perceptions when they are not motivated are critical in promoting students' ownership of the literacy learning agenda; in helping students with their motivational difficulties; and in establishing classrooms that focus on the enhancement of caring. An interpretive study, conducted…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Cognitive Processes