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Download full textPorlier, Pascale; Saint-Laurent, Lise; Page, Pierre – 1999
This study compared the perceptions of 227 ninth- and tenth-grade students with learning disabilities in regular and special secondary classrooms. Students' perceptions of their classroom environment and their social competence were assessed. Results showed that students with learning disabilities perceived regular classes as being better…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries, High Schools
Richards, Merle – 1986
A total of 20 first- and second-grade classrooms were observed to determine the nature of their behavior settings, and to ascertain teacher goals and values implicit in the classroom organization. Observation revealed strong differences among subject areas in both time allotment and variety of resources and activities. Language arts occupied the…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research
Peer reviewedStaab, Claire – Language Arts, 1991
Discusses thematic centers in which teachers select a theme and design of several classroom stations on the topic. Describes application of the technique in one Canadian class of six-, seven-, and eight-year olds, many of whom were English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students. Identifies characteristics of the technique. (SG)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research
Kanada, Chizu – 1997
A teacher education seminar, designed to be an egalitarian "community of learners," is critiqued. In an effort to make classroom learning relations more equal, instructors referred to themselves as seminar leaders and sought student participation in the curriculum decision-making process. The most significant consequence of the…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Course Evaluation, Foreign Countries
Stennett, R. G.; Earl, L. M. – 1983
A survey of 131 Canadian elementary school teachers teaching in open areas sought to discover the extent to which open education concepts were being implemented and to solicit their opinions about a variety of problems and issues related to implementation. The survey asked teachers to rate their current situation and personal preferences on 11…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Educational Facilities Design, Elementary Education
Mayfield, Margie I.; And Others – 1981
This report summarizes the major findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the 1980-81 British Columbia Kindergarten Needs Assessment. This assessment was designed to elicit a broad base of information, both fact and opinion, from the professional literature, from review panels held across the province, and from a survey of groups most closely…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Admission (School), Class Organization, Classroom Environment
Mayfield, Margie I.; And Others – 1981
The procedures, results, and recommendations of the 1980-81 British Columbia Kindergarten Needs Assessment, the first province-wide kindergarten survey to investigate all aspects of the kindergarten program, are presented in this general report. Kindergarten teachers, district administrators and supervisors of licensed preschools, and a sample of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Admission (School), Class Organization, Classroom Environment
