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Dinçer, Ali – Online Submission, 2011
Many studies using Self-Determination Theory (SDT) as a theoretical platform have emphasized the importance of knowing students' motivational orientations in education, and stated that autonomy-supportive or controlling learning climates are significant to determine students' motivational resources, academic achievement, and classroom engagement.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Self Determination
Erwin, Debbie; And Others – 1995
This report describes a program to establish a positive school climate. The targeted population consisted of elementary students in a low socioeconomic area. The problems of poor interpersonal skills and inappropriate social behaviors were documented through structured observations, surveys, and school records. Analysis of probable cause data…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Conflict Resolution, Discipline, Educational Environment
Berg-Tilton, Mariann; And Others – 1996
A program was developed to create a positive school climate in a multiethnic school to reduce conflict among students. The targeted population consisted of students in kindergarten through grade six in a school in a low socioeconomic environment in a rural community in northern Illinois. The majority of the school's 309 students were White, but…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Conflict Resolution, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Adams, Vesper Marianne Zubrack – 1980
The primary aim of the study described in this thesis was to investigate the effectiveness of schools that implemented the Full Service School Model in the three regions that participated in the Saskatoon Region Special Services Project. The Full Service School Model refers to service delivery to exceptional children through personnel based within…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Educational Environment
Moe, Daniel J. – 1984
This study was designed to determine whether children's attitudes and interests with regard to computers and computer science vary by sex, residence status (whether students lived in town or in the country), grade level, and computer usage levels. Subjects were 277 students in grades 4, 9, and 11 in the Watertown, South Dakota, public schools. An…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Computers
Churchill, Kathy; Durdel, Julie; Kenney, Mary – 1998
An action research project described a program for improving prerequisite reading skills. The targeted population included students in a special education kindergarten and an at-risk first grade from declining urban schools located in a medium sized Midwestern city; and students in an at-risk prekindergarten program from a nearby middle class…
Descriptors: Action Research, Beginning Reading, Early Intervention, Educational Environment