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Download full textRossi, Stacey Elin – Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of this thesis is to address disproportionate "discipline" of minorities, i.e. ethnic/racial minorities and children with disabilities, discrimination against ethnic/racial minorities and children with disabilities in the form of verbal and physical abuse, and draconian zero tolerance policies with their one-size-fits-all…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Disabilities, School Districts, Limited English Speaking
Pecanic, Michelle L. – Online Submission, 2003
Looping is the practice of a teacher staying with the same group of students for two or more years. It may also be referred to as multiyear teaching, teacher rotation, multiyear placement, and a variety of other names. This thesis examines the experience and effects of looping in the elementary classroom. An overview is provided of historical and…
Descriptors: Mixed Age Grouping, Measures (Individuals), Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Meacham, Merle L. – 1974
This paper presents a case study of a sixth grade remedial math class which illustrates the thesis that only the "experimental attitude," not the "experimental method," is appropriate in the classroom. The thesis is based on the fact that too many independent variables exist in a classroom situation to allow precise…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Contingency Management
Kenney, Mary Kate – Online Submission, 2007
There is an increasing interest in the practice of teachers staying with a group of students for more than one year. This is referred to as looping in educational practice. The problem of constant uncertainty or change of a new teacher year to year, creates less academic time and student anxiety. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects…
Descriptors: Educational Methods, Primary Education, Educational Practices, Classroom Techniques
Nance, Teresa; Mackey-Kallis, Susan – 1997
At Villanova University, the Senior Projects Course is designed to serve as a capstone course. Students are required to integrate the pieces of the discipline acquired from previous course work into a comprehensive, fully developed research project. This paper looks critically at one aspect of effectively managing a group project course: conflict…
Descriptors: Capstone Experiences, Classroom Techniques, College Seniors, Conflict Resolution
Costa, Arthur L.; Lowery, Lawrence F. – 1989
This book presents successful classroom practices for teaching thinking skills with children and adolescents. An introduction discusses the basic importance of cognitive processes to academic success and the importance of thinking skills programs for all students. Four fundamental concepts that underlie recent changes in curriculum and…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes
CHRISTENSEN, VIRGIL EARL – 1964
A PRETEST, POST-TEST, AND RETENTION TEST OF 481 SOPHOMORE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN 33 WISCONSIN HIGH SCHOOLS OFFERING VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE WERE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF INDIVIDUAL, HOME-FARM SITUATION, AND STUDENT SUPERVISED FARMING EXPERIENCE DIFFERENCES UPON ACQUIRING AND RETAINING LEARNING IN VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE CLASSROOMS. EACH…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Agricultural Education, Animal Husbandry, Educational Testing
Soares, Louise M.; Soares, Anthony T. – 2002
This study examined whether a sequence of graduate field experiences integrated throughout a teacher training program would result in differentiated responses of competence and self-confidence. Participants were graduate students in a traditional preservice program (group 1) and those in a more accelerated program combining fieldwork with evening…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Field Experience Programs, Graduate Students
Direct linkBurton, Neil; Brundrett, Mark – Paul Chapman Publishing, 2005
The concept of "leadership" has overtaken previous linguistic formulations such as "administration" or "management" as the dominant description for all those functions that are involved in guiding and developing organizations towards the achievement of their organizational goals. This is not merely part of some general linguistic drift; it is a…
Descriptors: Recognition (Achievement), Learning Theories, Linguistics, Pragmatics
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1986
Intended to involve students in language and communication study in such a way that significant thinking occurs, this collection of teaching ideas outlines ways to teach literature and composition that engage the students in such thinking processes as inferring, sequencing, predicting, classifying, problem solving, and synthesizing. The activities…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education
Drawbaugh, Charles Calvin – 1963
Major purposes were to measure the comparative effectiveness of school greenhouses, community greenhouses, and classroom windowsills and a laboratory manual, functional experience, and teacher's own method for learning plant science principles relative to the environmental factors of light, temperature, moisture, aeration, and nutrients. Minor…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Facilities
Jakobsen, Karen Sonne – 1981
Two articles highlight different issues on foreign language learning and instruction in Denmark. The first article describes a research project at Roskilde University Center that focuses on group organized and self managed foreign language acquisition. The idea for the project came about as a result of concern over problems related to foreign…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Loepp, Franzie Lee – 1970
The study sought to develop a reliable category system for use in providing data on teacher-student interaction in junior high school industrial arts classrooms, and to recommend further research using this system. As a result of the first three of seven observation visits involving ten Colorado junior high school industrial arts teachers, an…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Doctoral Dissertations, Industrial Arts, Interaction
Barbara, Leila, Ed.; Scott, Mike, Ed. – 1994
The collection of papers, dedicated to Maria Antonieta Alba Celani, a celebrated English professor in Brazil, consists of writings by colleagues on four themes: developments stemming from Dr. Celani's Brazilian national project for the teaching of English for special purposes; language teacher training; language processing; and analysis of…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Business Communication, Change Strategies, Code Switching (Language)
Harris, Jasper W.; And Others – 1975
Presented is the final report of a 4-year project to develop and evaluate a prototype program for training special education consultants who are qualified to assist school personnel and parents in remediating academic and social behaviors of handicapped children in the Kansas City (Missouri) area. An overview and introduction are provided in the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Consultants, Diagnostic Teaching, Exceptional Child Education
