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Rutherford, William L.; And Others – 1985
Four papers are included in this document that examines roles of participants in high school change. Each paper draws on data gathered from three years of a three-phase study of change processes in 30 high schools in Texas, Oregon, Maryland, Indiana, New York, and Florida. Four major questions provide research focus: the types, sources, and…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrator Role, Department Heads, Educational Change
Platt, Nancy Gaines – 1982
Materials were gathered in a first and second grade informal, family-grouped classroom over 45 days of two school years to provide an interpretive framework for looking at writing in context. Participant observation was used in order to see the classroom community from a member's perspective while at the same time making explicit those features…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Grade 1
Gallagher, James J.; Tobin, Kenneth – 1985
Activities and interactions of teachers and students from high school science classes of Western Australia were investigated. Fifteen teachers from two co-educational high schools (private and public) serving medium socio-economic level families in the metropolitan area of Perth participated in the study. The specific foci were: (1) the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Learning Activities, Learning Strategies, Rewards
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Stein, Joanne Striley – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1987
Designed to evaluate the use of microcomputer-based labware (MBL) in junior high school science, the Computer as Lab Partner Project examined classroom experience of using MBL; system features used and curriculum designed; classroom procedures, processes, and interactions; gains and benefits of MBL use; and potential difficulties in MBL…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development, Data Processing, Formative Evaluation
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Marx, Ronald W.; Walsh, John – Elementary School Journal, 1988
Offers a descriptive theory of the nature of classroom tasks. Describes the interplay among (1) the conditions under which tasks are set; (2) the cognitive plans students use to accomplish tasks; and (3) the products students create as a result of their task-related efforts. (SKC)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Cognitive Processes
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Schultz, Ruth W. – American Sociologist, 1995
Presents an affectionate portrait of the 84-year-old sociologist and renaissance man, Robert K. Merton. Merton's publications studied topics as diverse as historical scientific inquiry and contemporary racism. Not the least of his accomplishments was the creation of the focus group interview and the concept of self-fulfilling prophecy. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, Educational History
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Barcena, Fernando; And Others – Journal of Moral Education, 1993
Maintains that there is an ethical dimension of teaching as an educational activity. Asserts that educators must avoid the errors of considering the ethical dimension as an alternative approach to education as a technical action. Suggests that a human rights framework be used to derive ethical content. (CFR)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Classroom Environment
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Higgins, Ann – Journal of Moral Education, 1995
Reports on a study of the comparative philosophies and practices of secondary teachers in schools in New York State and near Moscow, Russia. Finds that teachers have two value orientations: (1) toward the school culture; and (2) toward each person's individual values and ways of thinking. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Philosophy, Foreign Countries
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Bellezza, Francis S.; Bellezza, Suzanne R. – Teaching of Psychology, 1995
Reviews research on detection of cheating by students on multiple choice tests. Discusses three ideas concerning detecting, deterring, and confronting cheating. Discusses problems confronting teachers attempting to use statistical data to prove cheating. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cheating, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Student Behavior
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Elbaz, Freema – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1991
Reviews research on teaching and teachers' thinking and practical knowledge. Formulates questions regarding discourse practices, production, and research. Centers on themes of story, voice, and form. Looks at how experienced and novice teachers create meaning. Asks whether the teachers' voice is given expression in research on teacher thinking.…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Educational Change, Educational Research, Educational Theories
Kwartler, Trish Johnson – 1993
The Primary Mathematics Education Enhancement Program (PMEEP) is an early childhood teacher enhancement project funded by the National Science Foundation. It is a collaborative project of Kent State University and 11 school districts in a primarily rural midwestern county that has recently been classified as Appalachia. At the conclusion of 2…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers
Blackbourn, Richard – 1983
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between teachers' perceptions of instructional evaluations by principals and their attitudes toward the supervisory conference. It also sought to determine whether teachers' attitudes are affected by six different variables: race, age, sex, years of teaching, level of assignment, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Age, Communication Problems, Educational Development
Handel, Ruth D. – 1990
This ethnographic study describes the relationships involved in the Partnership for Family Reading, a collaborative project between Montclair State College and a low-income urban school district to promote parent involvement in children's literacy development. Participant observation and other ethnographic research methods were used to produce…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Role, College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs
Hord, Shirley M.; Murphy, Sheila C. – 1985
This report, one of four studies on roles of participants in high school change, presents data about activities of department heads in 30 schools throughout the nation. The report analyzes background research on the subject as well as popular perceptions, perceptions of teachers and administrators, and perceptions of department heads themselves…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Department Heads, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Lotan, Rachel A. – 1985
This paper focuses on the importance and the significance of the teacher's mastery of an abstract body of knowledge that underlies an educational innovation. Concepts and principles from organizational sociology are applied in order to investigate the relationship between teacher's mastery of this body of knowledge and the process of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Agents, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
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