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Lorsbach, Anthony; Tobin, Kenneth – Research in Science Education, 1995
Learning environment research should take into account postpositivist ways of thinking to assist students and teachers to construct a more emancipatory learning environment. A critical perspective could lead to research playing a larger role in the transformation of science classroom learning environments. Presented a case study of a middle school…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Critical Theory, Educational Environment, Interviews
Nystrand, Martin; And Others – 1997
This book aims to reorient thinking about how younger adolescents and their teachers, talking together, compose shared understandings that contribute to individual students' learning. Presenting a new conceptual framework that was derived from a study, the book argues that people learn not merely by being spoken (or written) to, but by…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, English Instruction, Group Dynamics
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Evert, Kris – Business Education Forum, 1996
Traditional lecture was presented to 23 high school students; lectures reinforced with multimedia were presented to 24 students. Achievement as measured by pretest and posttest was extremely close; class average for the traditional group was 71%, for the multimedia group 78%. (JOW)
Descriptors: Business Education, Multimedia Instruction, Program Effectiveness, Secondary Education
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Vogel, Mark; Zancanella, Don – English Journal, 1991
Describes the literary lives of four adolescents and explores the reasons why students stop reading as they get older. Discusses what teachers can learn from the opinions of their adolescent students. (PRA)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Literature Appreciation, Reading Attitudes, Reading Habits
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Linn, Marcia C. – Educational Researcher, 1985
Discusses whether and how computer programing courses can teach problem solving. Provides results of an integrated set of studies of middle school programing students whose problem solving skills increased in a programing class. Argues that "exemplary" instruction is more efficient than "typical" instruction. Examines the influence of students'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Science Education, Middle Schools, Performance Factors
Smith, Ian D., Comp. – 1980
This second of the two-part proceedings of an Australian conference on youth schooling and unemployment contains 25 research reports and texts from two symposia on alienation from school to work, and youth in transition. Focus of the papers is on educational practices and specific problems in the area of educational research. Topics covered in…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities
Olsen, Laurie; Moore, Melinda – 1984
This report is based upon the views and opinions of 2,670 students and 137 teachers in high schools and middle schools in four school districts in California. Quotes from students and teachers are used as illustrations, and as reminders of the human dimension to the schools' problems and successes. The report is divided into sections representing…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Role Models, Secondary Education, Student Attitudes
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Fraser, Barry J.; Teh, George P. L. – Computers & Education, 1994
Discussion of effect sizes in computer-assisted learning research focuses on a study conducted in Singapore high school geography classes that used micro-PROLOG to determine the efficacy of computer-assisted learning. Topics include impact on achievement, student attitudes, and classroom environment. (53 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Covariance, Classroom Environment, Computer Assisted Instruction
Wagner, Sigrid, Ed.; Kieran, Carolyn, Ed. – 1989
This publication contains revised versions of the major papers presented at a research conference on the learning and teaching of algebra. The papers and discussions focused on four major themes: what is algebra and what should it become, in light of continuing technological advances; what has research told us about the teaching and learning of…
Descriptors: Algebra, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Uses in Education, Mathematical Applications
Thompson, Donald; And Others – 1981
This report of a program to increase cooperation, coordination, and collaboration between Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) youth programs and local educational agency (LEA) systems provides information on the laws and regulations supporting cooperative efforts. It also reports findings of a survey of educators and CETA Youth…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Conference Proceedings, Conferences, Coordination
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Bryant, Coralie – English Quarterly, 1984
Illustrates by means of a student-centered approach to poetry study the benefits of a student-centered learning and points out how it can be translated into classroom practice. (EL)
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Research, Educational Theories, English Instruction
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Mortimer, Eduardo F. – Science and Education, 1995
Presents a model to analyze conceptual evolution in the classroom, based on the notion of conceptual profile. Suggests that it is possible to use different ways of thinking in different domains, a new concept does not necessarily replace previous ideas, and learning science is to change a conceptual profile and become conscious of different zones…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Foreign Countries, Misconceptions
Atweh, Bill; And Others – 1995
The study was conceptualized within the social critical perspective to investigate the effect of gender and socioeconomic background on the students' classroom communication and the hidden curriculum. Year 9 mathematics classrooms in two single-sex private schools were observed during the course of learning one chapter from the same textbook. One…
Descriptors: Algebra, Classroom Communication, Foreign Countries, Language Role
Benton, Michael – 1993
Educators can help students develop enthusiastic, committed readers who are mentally sharp by developing approaches to literature teaching that are based upon informed concepts of reading and response rather than upon conventional inherited ideas of comprehension and criticism. A study of how 15-year-old students responded to a poem indicated that…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Literature Appreciation
Janszen, Karen; And Others – 1988
With videodisc still two to five years away from adoption in mainstream schools, it is now time to step back and assess how this new media can best serve teachers and learners. This assessment begins with informal profiles of videodisc use patterns in a variety of school classrooms and analyses of the key factors underlying these early and often…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Educational Environment, Educational Technology