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The Open Classroom in Cross-Cultural Perspective: A Research Note.
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Klein, Zev; Eshel, Yohanan – Sociology of Education, 1980
Explores some of the differences in open classrooms as they are being implemented in the United States, Great Britain, and Israel. Comparisons are discussed in light of psychological, social, and ideological variations. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Assessment, Educational Environment, Educational Research
The Effects of Integration and Open Education on Mathematics Achievement in the Early Primary Grades in Israel
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Eshel, Yohanan; Klein, Zev – American Educational Research Journal, 1978
First and second grade Jerusalem children were administered end-of-year mathematics tests. Lower class children from open integrated classrooms scored higher than those in traditional integrated settings, and children in homogeneous settings scored the lowest. The performance of middle class children was differentially affected by integration and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Mathematics, Foreign Countries, Instructional Innovation
Authority Structure, Classroom Openness, and Student Outcomes.
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Eshel, Yohanan – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1991
Reports results of research on the effects of open education on student outcomes, using classroom authority structure analysis. Maintains that student outcomes are contingent on the congruence between formal and informal authority structure. Concludes that more congruent authority structure was related to higher reading comprehension and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
Open Education and Reading Comprehension of High-Ability and Low-Ability Elementary School Pupils.
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Eshel, Yohanan; And Others – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1987
Describes study of 435 Israeli elementary school students to assess effects of open education on reading comprehension assignments. Literature on open education is reviewed, the hypotheses tested are described, results are analyzed comparing the effects of open education with the effects of traditional classroom instruction, and 46 references are…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction