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Yang, Xiaoming; Zhou, Xing; Hu, Jie – Higher Education Research and Development, 2022
Previous research has documented that seating arrangements have great impact on student's active engagement within classrooms. However, insufficient attention has been given to students' preferences for classroom seating arrangements and their engagement in college English language blended learning classrooms in higher education. Employing…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Learner Engagement
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Zhang, Min – Ethnography and Education, 2019
This study explores the multilayered meanings of classroom seating order -- a crucial spatial element of school life -- and its influences on children's experiences. Drawing on fieldwork in a secondary school in northwest China, I ethnographically examine how school educators impose a hierarchy of seats in moral terms. My study shows that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Schools, Secondary School Students, Class Organization
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Wang, X. Christine; Dai, Wei; Hu, Biying; Song, Zhanmei – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Aiming to inform teaching practices and understand cultural differences, we examined praise practices of high- and low-quality preschool teachers in China. As part of a broader project, we purposefully selected three high-quality and three low-quality teachers based upon their Pre-K CLASS ratings and self-reports, and conducted qualitative…
Descriptors: Positive Reinforcement, Teacher Effectiveness, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children
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Huang, Jinyan – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2009
The paper investigated four Chinese graduate students' perceptions of the major differences between North American and Chinese classroom teaching styles. Major differences in the following five areas were identified: 1) the teacher's role, 2) the student's role, 3) the form of class organization, 4) the teacher's expectations, and 5) the student's…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Graduate Students
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Fu, Dan-Ling – Language Arts, 1991
Describes an American fourth grade classroom from the perspective of a doctoral student from the People's Republic of China. Notes greater equality among student, teacher, and textbook in the American classroom than in the hierarchical Chinese educational system. Observes that, in their writing efforts, the American students display both…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research