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Direct linkMcCaslin, Mary; Burross, Heidi Legg – Teachers College Record, 2011
Background/Context: Research is presented on teacher-centered instruction and individual differences among students within a sociocultural perspective specifically, within a co-regulation model. Purpose of Study: To determine the utility of a co-regulation model for understanding teacher and student adaptation to the press of cultural and social…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Sociocultural Patterns, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement
Bozack, Amanda R.; Vega, Ruby; McCaslin, Mary; Good, Thomas L. – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background/Context: Research in the self-determination theoretical (SDT) tradition indicates that teachers' autonomy-supportive behaviors result in students' greater perceived academic competence, better academic performance, and increased achievement. This study describes autonomy-supportive teacher behaviors in schools participating in…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Observation, Teaching Methods, Educational Change
McCaslin, Mary; Good, Thomas L. – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background/Context: The U.S. federal government has been interested in improving the performance of students who come from low-income homes since the time of Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" initiatives in the 1960s. The current administration strongly supports the belief that good schools can be created and has funded the Comprehensive School…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Program Design, School Restructuring, Elementary Schools
Wiley, Caroline H.; Good, Thomas L.; McCaslin, Mary – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background/Context: The achievement effects of Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) programs have been studied through the use of input-output models, in which type of CSR program is the input and student achievement is the output. Although specific programs have been found to be more effective and evaluated more than others, teaching practices in…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Language Arts, Academic Achievement, Statistical Analysis
McCaslin, Mary – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background/Context: Student motivation typically has been studied as it relates to extrinsic (e.g., reinforcement) and intrinsic (e.g., choice) sources of influence. Our observation of Grades 3-5 classrooms engaged in Comprehensive School Reform (CSR), however, unexpectedly indicated that opportunities for both rewards and choice were scarce. This…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Student Attitudes, Participant Observation, Learning Motivation
Dolan, Alyson Lavigne; McCaslin, Mary – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background/Context: Working theories about student goal orientation, understanding of intelligence, and affective mediation of task engagement inform current beliefs about students and learning and motivation. Much research has focused on identifying effective teaching strategies to raise the achievement of disadvantaged students; however, less is…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Teacher Effectiveness, Student Attitudes, Goal Orientation
Florez, Ida Rose; McCaslin, Mary – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background/Context: Elementary school teachers regularly arrange students in small groups for learning activities. A rich literature discusses various types of small-group learning formats and how those formats affect achievement. Few studies, however, have examined students' perceptions of small-group learning experiences. Our work extends the…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students
McCaslin, Mary; Burross, Heidi Legg – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background/Context: Student motivation typically has been studied as it relates to extrinsic (e.g., reinforcement) or intrinsic (e.g., personal choice) sources of influence, with scant attention to sociocultural context. This article builds on a previous article in this special issue that (1) addresses the role of opportunity in the motivation of…
Descriptors: Poverty, Student Motivation, Grade 3, Grade 4
Good, Thomas L.; McCaslin, Mary – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background/Context: The U.S. federal government has been interested in improving the performance of students who come from low-income homes since the time of Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" initiatives in the 1960s. The current administration strongly supports the belief that good schools can be created and has funded the Comprehensive School…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, School Restructuring, Program Effectiveness, Educational Change
Peer reviewedMcCaslin, Mary; Infanti, Helen – Teachers College Record, 1998
Suggests that parenting is a societal construction, and that construction includes multiple messages from policymakers, popular media, researchers, and educators that too many parents are either incompetent or unwilling to parent effectively. The paper suggests that Erikson's psychosocial theory of the individual life span can guide consideration…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Educational Policy, Educational Psychology, Elementary Secondary Education
