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Kobus, Tina; Maxwell, Lee; Provo, Jeanette – Online Submission, 2007
This is an abstract for an action research project report on improving student motivation. Students struggle with motivation to perform well in school. This study was designed to increase student motivation in the classroom setting. The targeted population consisted of one third grade classroom, one fourth grade classroom, and three periods of…
Descriptors: Homework, Class Activities, Student Behavior, Intervention
Campbell, Patti C.; Campbell, Charles Robert – 1995
This manual presents the trainee's workbook and the trainer's guidelines for the fourth of six modules in a teacher inservice series developed to promote the unified effort of both regular and special education personnel in understanding and applying nationally recognized practices to implement fully inclusive education for students with diverse…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Decision Making, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Elder, Joann; And Others – 1996
This study examined the impact of the multiage classroom on second, third, and fourth graders in an Elkhart, Indiana elementary school. One classroom from each grade participated in the multiage classroom. The classroom of 70 students was combined for at least 1 afternoon per week during the 1995-96 school year. During February, the classroom was…
Descriptors: Attendance, Behavior Modification, Educational Innovation, Educational Strategies
Kohn, Alfie – 1996
Calling into question many of the assumptions underlying classroom discipline, this book offers an alternative vision to traditional classroom management models in which teachers control students by promising them rewards or threaten them with punishment. The introduction takes the position that rather than employ effective discipline measures to…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Change Strategies, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Hogan, Marliese G. – 1996
This paper describes a project to improve the responsibility levels of 16 gifted students in fourth grade attending a daily 2-hour language arts gifted education class. Students had become inconsistent about completing assignments, maintaining an orderly environment, and communicating necessary information to parents. A teacher-developed checklist…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Gifted, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades
Ovando, Martha N. – 1992
Feedback has emerged in the literature as a means to facilitate both the learning proccess and teaching performance. The context of constructive, systematic feedback includes evaluation as an important element in the process of decision making for teaching. Teaching and learning function as a whole to achieve outcomes from which specific…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Utilization
Bowen, Howard R.; And Others – 1997
This volume explores the many ways in which college and university education influences the lives of individuals and society. While the book recognizes the economic benefits of a college education, it also surveys and lends support to the evidence of the noneconomic benefits of higher education, both for the individual and for the nation. The 15…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits, Educational Economics, Educational Objectives
Canfield, Jack; Wells, Harold Clive – 1994
This book offers teachers and group leaders over 100 activities, cartoons, and quotations to enhance children's self-concept. The activities are divided into seven section: (1) Getting Started; (2) My Strengths; (3) Who Am I?; (4) Accepting My Body; (5) Where Am I Going?; (6) The Language of Self; and (7) Relationships with Others. Part one offers…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aspiration, Body Image, Children
Franklin, Cindy A. – 1991
The behavior and rehearsal habits of elementary level instrumental music students were addressed by the implementation of a behavior contract and computer managed recordkeeping system. A contract was developed following the principles of the "Assertive Discipline" system. Rewards and incentives were used to reinforce positive student behavior.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Computer Uses in Education, Contracts
Ryan, Joseph F. – 1984
The problem of discipline has consistently headed the list of concerns of secondary education students enrolled in and graduated from Northern Arizona University's College of Education. To address this issue, the Lee Canter Model of Assertive Discipline was adopted in the preservice training program. This model calls for specific, observable rules…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Higher Education
Barnes, Susan – 1983
Findings of the Clinical Teacher Education-Preservice Study were examined to determine the extent to which student teachers possessed planning and decision-making skills related to pupil evaluation. The study focused on findings from cooperating teacher-student teacher conferences and journal data regarding planning and evaluation practices of 20…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cooperating Teachers, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Callahan, Robert K. – 1986
For decades, educators have been concerned with the problem of truancy. Accordingly, this report focuses on an absentee improvement program at a rural, lower-middle class, predominantly white elementary school with 722 students that had a history of high truancy, as verified by teachers, the administration, the school counselor, staff, and…
Descriptors: Attendance, Attitude Change, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Everson, Susan T. – 1983
Drawing upon research findings on school effectiveness, the McREL School Improvement Program was designed to examine critically such factors as school leadership, building organization, school climate and environment, and how citizens and parents are encouraged to participate in raising morale and effectiveness. Focus is upon instructional…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Classroom Techniques, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Winkler, John D.; Stasz, Cathleen – 1985
Research was conducted to assess the role of staff development in improving the quality of computer-based instruction in grade K-12 schools. The sample consisted of contact persons in 171 districts and interviews were completed with 155 (91%). Results indicate 80% of these districts currently provide inservice computer training to teachers; the…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives
Hughes, Thomas M.; Douzenis, Cordelia – 1985
Students enrolled in classes which stressed learning theory and human development served as subjects in an investigation of the predictive power of observation scores compared to more traditional predictors such as grade point average and ACT scores. A stepwise discriminant analysis was employed, using the BMDP7B program on the Sperry 1100 Univac,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competency Based Teacher Education, Discriminant Analysis, Evaluation Criteria
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