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Download full textShoham, Snunith – 2000
This study examined the reading habits of 301 fourth-grade pupils in Israel. The objective was to investigate the relationship between the type of school library and the pupils' reading habits over the long range. The hypothesis was that pupils who have a central library in their school together with classroom collections read more than pupils…
Descriptors: Centralization, Decentralization, Foreign Countries, Grade 4
Shechtman, Zipora – 2002
One of the best predictors of aggression among schoolchildren is their social environment and relationships with peer and teachers. This study investigated the association between classroom climate and level of classroom aggression. The study population comprised over 9,000 fifth and sixth graders in 97 schools and 360 classrooms in Israel. It was…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Problems, Classroom Environment, Coping
Nachmias, Rafi; And Others – 1986
The difficulties that younger students experience in understanding concepts related to the use of variables in computer programming are examined through descriptions of two studies: (1) detailed case studies of six highly intelligent children--three fourth graders and three sixth graders--who learned to program in BASIC during 60 hours of…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Computer Literacy
Bar-Natan, Irit; Hertz-Lazarowitz, Rachel – 2000
The computer-mediated communication (CMC) learning environment focuses on children's interaction with the computers and their mastery of the technology as potential for learning. Peer interaction mainly in cooperative and collaborative learning environments (CL) focus on the contribution of peers to literacy and writing development. A study…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Learning, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries
Shoham, Snunith – 1997
The elementary school regards the development of reading skills and the cultivation of free reading among the students as one of its tasks. One of its ways of achieving this is to operate libraries in the school. Some schools provide only a central library. Some societies or locales, however, also believe in operating classroom collections in the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Classroom Design, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Nevo, David – 1989
The purpose of this study was to develop a testing method for the assessment of various types of writing at the elementary school level that would meet acceptable standards for educational measurement instruments as well as standards of utility and feasibility within a given educational system. The study was conducted within the framework of an…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Essay Tests, Expressive Language, Foreign Countries
