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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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"She Let Us Be Smart:" Low-Income African-American First-Grade Students' Understandings of Teacher Closeness and Influence
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Davis, Heather A.; Gabelman, Megan M.; Wingfield, Rickiah D. – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 2011
The purpose of this study was to explore low-income, African-American first-grade students' understandings of teacher closeness and influence. Several questions guided our inquiry: How do these children understand their relationships with their teachers, specifically with regard to teacher closeness and influence? To what extent are their…
Descriptors: Mathematics Activities, Low Income Groups, Grade 1, Elementary School Students
Class Size Effects on the Number and Types of Student-Teacher Interactions in Primary Classrooms
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Folmer-Annevelink, Elvira; Doolaard, Simone; Mascareno, Mayra; Bosker, Roel J. – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 2010
This paper addresses the relationship between class size and student-teacher interactions as an explanation for effects of class size on achievement. Observations were conducted in kindergarten and Grade 1 classes from 46 Dutch primary schools in order to address the effect of class size on the amount and type of student-teacher interactions. The…
Descriptors: Class Size, Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Developing an Understanding of the Mediating Role of Talk in the Elementary Mathematics Classroom
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Brown, Raymond; Hirst, Elizabeth – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 2007
Classroom talk is regarded as essential in engaging and developing student understandings in the domain of mathematics. The processes of classroom talk may occur in quite different ways, ways that shape particular opportunities for learning mathematics. Little is known about how the talk produced in innovative approaches to education mediates the…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Discussion (Teaching Technique)