NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
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.

Learn more about the history of ERIC here. PDF icon

Showing all 3 results
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Tobin, Kenneth; Ritchie, Stephen M.; Oakley, Jennifer L.; Mergard, Victoria; Hudson, Peter – Learning Environments Research, 2013
This study examined emotional climate in relation to the teaching and learning of grade 7 science. A multi-method and multi-theoretic approach used sociocultural frameworks as a foundation for interpretive research, conversation analysis, prosody analysis, and studies of nonverbal conduct. Emotional climate varied continuously throughout a lesson.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Speech Communication, Grade 7, Power Structure
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Goh, Swee Chiew; Tobin, Kenneth – Learning Environments Research, 1999
Describes a study conducted at the University of Pennsylvania that examined graduate students' and their teachers' perceptions of the learning environments associated with Connecting Communities of Learners (CCL), a computer-based application for the Internet used in the teacher education program. The CCL was used to augment weekly face-to-face…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Educational Environment, Graduate Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Tobin, Kenneth – Learning Environments Research, 1998
A study of learning environments involved 20 elementary and middle school teachers enrolled as students in a graduate program in science education. Connecting Communities of Learners (CCL), the predominant means of engaging the curriculum, is described with examples of how different functions are used to facilitate students' interactions, reading…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduate Study