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Direct linkLawrence-Smith, Ebone M. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
A departmentalized classroom setting allows educators to focus their time on one content area, thus mastering their knowledge and craft in that subject area. However, many elementary school teachers are trained to be generalists who spend the entire year with one group of students, commonly referred to as self-contained classrooms. The problem…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Self Efficacy, Literacy, Teacher Attitudes
Pamela Erin Swofford – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine the use of flexible seating in southwest Missouri classrooms. Four research questions guided the study based on the conceptual framework of Eric Jensen. The work of Jensen (2005) was selected as the conceptual framework due to his focus on the use of movement and how it impacts the brain. The research…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Design, Elementary School Teachers, Principals
McMillan, Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Restraints of the age-graded classroom on grade-level organizational structures have been present since the beginning of formal schooling in the United States. Using interpretivist case study methods, this research explored administrators' and teachers' experiences with self-contained and departmentalized classrooms at the elementary level. Data…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Instructional Program Divisions, Age Grade Placement
Franshaw, Maria J. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this descriptive phenomenological study was to examine teachers' and students' perceptions of the impact of a semi-departmentalized classroom structure on mathematics teaching and learning in upper elementary grades. Participants were purposefully selected from teachers and students at the selected school, each completing at least…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Mathematics Instruction, Classroom Environment
Lane, Dallas Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a relationship between the classroom organizational structure and MCT2 test scores of fifth-grade math students. The researcher gained insight regarding which structure teachers believe is most beneficial to them and students, and whether or not their belief of classroom organizational…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Grade 5, Standardized Tests, Scores
Mitchell, Viola T. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine if classroom configuration--departmentalized and self-contained--is related to the academic achievement of Grade 6 students in a large urban school district as measured by California Standards Test (CST) scores in mathematics and English Language Arts (ELA) when controlling for prior academic…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Classroom Environment, Academic Achievement, Correlation
