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50 Years of ERIC
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Dyson, Michael; Plunkett, Margaret – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 2012
This paper outlines a study of an alternate approach to educating Year 9 students in a residential setting. The School for Student Leadership (SSL) in Victoria, Australia, provides a nine-week program focusing on leadership, relationship-building and self-awareness. The philosophy of the school, which has continually evolved since its inception in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperative Learning, Educational Experience, Secondary School Students
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Brekelmans, Mieke; Mainhard, Tim; den Brok, Perry; Wubbels, Theo – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 2011
Using an interpersonal circumplex model, we examined whether teachers and students in secondary education apply a similar frame of reference when thinking about how a teacher relates to students. We also examined the alignment of teacher and student perceptions of two dimensions of the teacher-student relationship: Control and Affiliation. Results…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship
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Koutselini, Mary – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 2009
The study presents the results of an educational intervention during in-service training of secondary school teachers in Cyprus, which led to participants' development. The aim was twofold, first to reveal teachers' conception about cooperative learning and second to help teachers through simulation of cooperative learning to construct the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Negative Attitudes, Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries
Carter, Glenda; Wiebe, Eric N.; Reid-Griffin, Angela – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 2006
This paper describes how gestures are used to enhance scaffolding that occurs in small group settings. Sixth and eighth grade students participated in an elective science course focused on earth science concepts with a substantial spatial visualization component. Gestures that students used in small group discussions were analyzed and four…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Group Dynamics, Grade 6
Bouck, Emily C. – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 2006
Six secondary students with mild mental impairment took part in a multiple case study exploratory research project, involving full day observations, document reviews, and interviews to examine their classroom interactions. Data collection focused on the students' interactions with peers and adults in general education and special education…
Descriptors: General Education, Special Education, Inclusive Schools, Student Placement
Kalu, Iroha; Ali, A. N. – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 2004
The purpose of the study was to determine the patterns of interdependency among classroom interaction patterns, teacher and student variables and students' learning outcomes in physics, comprising their post-instructional attitude and achievement in "low" and "high" academic tasks. Seven instruments were used in collecting data from 516 Senior…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Characteristics, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Student Relationship