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Within-Day Variability in the Quality of Classroom Interactions during Third and Fifth Grade: Implications for Children's Experiences and Conducting Classroom Observations
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Curby, Timothy W.; Stuhlman, Megan; Grimm, Kevin; Mashburn, Andrew; Chomat-Mooney, Lia; Downer, Jason; Hamre, Bridget; Pianta, Robert C. – Elementary School Journal, 2011
The quality of classroom interactions has typically been studied using aggregates of ratings over time. However, within-day ratings may contain important variability. This study investigated within-day variability using the NICHD Study of Early Childcare and Youth Development's observational data during grades 3 and 5. The first question examined…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Grade 3, Grade 5, Classroom Observation Techniques
Teacher-Student Interactions in Fifth Grade Classrooms: Relations with Children's Peer Behavior
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Luckner, Amy E.; Pianta, Robert C. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2011
This study investigates the extent to which teacher-student interactions in fifth grade classrooms are associated with peer behavior in fifth grade, accounting for prior peer functioning. Participants included 894 fifth grade students from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development. The quality of teacher-student interactions…
Descriptors: Aggression, Grade 5, Teacher Student Relationship, Elementary School Students
How Do Classroom Conditions and Children's Risk for School Problems Contribute to Children's Behavioral Engagement in Learning?
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Downer, Jason T.; Rimm-Kaufman, Sara E; Pianta, Robert C. – School Psychology Review, 2007
The primary objective of this investigation was to examine the way in which two facets of the classroom environment (classroom quality and instructional contexts) and children's risk for school problems combine to predict children's behavioral engagement in third-grade classrooms. As part of the National Institute of Child Health and Human…
Descriptors: Group Activities, High Risk Students, Classroom Environment, Student Behavior
The Classroom Assessment Scoring System: Findings from the Prekindergarten Year
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La Paro, Karen M.; Pianta, Robert C.; Stuhlman, Megan – Elementary School Journal, 2004
Research on teacher-child relationships, classroom environments, and teaching practices provided the rationale for constructing a system for observing and assessing emotional and instructional elements of quality in early childhood educational environments: the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS). The CLASS provides a framework for…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Scoring, Preschool Education, Classroom Environment