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Glasier, Victoria; Palmer, Jessica L. – Geography Teacher, 2019
Using current and historical data, the U.S. Census Bureau offers geography teachers activities with resources to use in the classroom. The activities are aligned to the National Geography Standards (2012) and provide real-world data examples while teaching concepts such as environmental changes and population changes. In a geography activity for…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Census Figures, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students
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Barney, David C.; Pleban, Francis T. – Physical Educator, 2018
Objectives: To provide further information regarding physical education (PE) teachers' perceptions of incorporating music in PE lessons and to evaluate the influence of music on the classroom environment using a qualitative approach. Method: Electronic survey interviews were conducted with 26 veteran PE instructors (10 male, 16 female), from 7…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Music, Classroom Techniques
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Maskiewicz, April C.; Winters, Victoria A. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2012
We set out to understand how different instantiations of inquiry emerged in two different years of one elementary teacher's classroom. Longitudinal observations from Mrs. Charles' 5th grade science classroom forced us to carefully and deliberately consider who exactly was responsible for the change in the class activities and norms. We provide…
Descriptors: Science Education, Elementary School Science, Grade 5, Class Activities
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Hayling, Charlayne C.; Cook, Clay; Gresham, Frank M.; State, Talida; Kern, Lee – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2008
Students with emotional and behavioral problems are placed in a variety of classroom settings, presumably where their needs can be best served. Little attention, however, has been dedicated to monitoring their behavioral progress in these settings. This study analyzed data on student engagement, disruption, and destruction during 10 types of…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Problems, Correlation, Classroom Environment
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Hayes, Katherine; Rueda, Robert; Chilton, Susan – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2009
This article contains a description of the Dual Proficiency (DP) program in an urban elementary school located in the heart of a large south-western city, as well as the teachers who designed and now implement DP, and the immigrant community participating by choice in DP. We write from a context where, ironically, the number of English language…
Descriptors: Heritage Education, Academic Discourse, Language Dominance, Second Language Learning
SOMMER, ROBERT – 1965
A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENTS UPON STUDENT PARTICIPATION AND INTERRELATIONSHIPS. AN EXPERIMENTAL CLASS IN INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY WAS FORMED WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF 144 STUDENTS. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE EXPERIMENTAL CLASS AND OTHER CLASSES WAS THAT THE ROOM SELECTION HAD BEEN PREARRANGED…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Classroom Furniture
Cratty, Bryant J.; Szczepanik, Sister Mark – 1971
First graders (105 males and 152 females) from 16 "Central City" schools within the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles were selected because they were diagnosed as poorly prepared for regular classroom activities. Following the administration of a six-category test battery, the children were placed within two groups: Group 1, containing…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Catholic Schools, Class Activities, Classroom Environment