A survey of 304 graduate teaching assistants (TAs) concerning classroom management issues found: more U.S. TAs than international TAs reported experiencing classroom management problems; years of TA teaching experience were significantly and positively related to number of problems and concerns reported; and TA type, teaching experience, and…

Focuses on three books that tackle what it means to effectively organize classrooms for literacy instruction. Notes that these texts emphasize the role of teachers as researchers working in collaboration with one another and with university researchers. (SG)

A major task involved in teaching pupils is to group them wisely for instruction. Most elementary schools group learners in terms of a self-contained classroom. While it may seem extreme, all curriculum areas on each grade in the elementary school may be departmentalized. In some ways, departmentalization harmonizes more with a separate subjects…

Teacher management of the extensity (duration) and intensity (abundance) of resources is identified as a major factor in pupils' active learning in classroom situations (time and effort expended in learning a task). Seven compensatory education curricula evaluations in the Project Follow Through Study ('74) serve as the data base for the analysis.…

The article gives suggestions for mainstreaming physically handicapped students into regular physical education classes during instruction in team sports. The report lists six pointers for general class organization and instruction, such as establishing an atmosphere of acceptance, emphasizing the positive contributions each student can make, and…

Ten highly motivated and above-average intermediate algebra students were selected to complete a ten-week schedule of activities involving the mathematizing of some physical representation of a phenomena and the studying of that model. Ten activity-based exercises, most adapted from LABORATORY MANUAL FOR ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS by Fitzgerald, et…

These three pamphlets by the Department of Education in Victoria, Australia, provide an overview of the elementary mathematics curriculum which is described in greater detail in SE 012 723 to 729. The aims and philosophy, and the content and structure of the course are outlined, and methods of classroom organization to allow for individual…

This article discusses the implementation of classroom organization projects examined by the Rand Corporation's Change-Agent Study. (RC)

Defines a school-based reading policy and explores the issues involved in setting up a program, including awareness and use of school resources, recording student progress, evaluation, parental involvement, and classroom organization and teaching methods. (FL)

Family grouping (a classroom organization plan in which elementary school children of differing chronological and developmental stages are grouped in a single class) is a means for providing continuity between home and school with a minimum of psychological and emotional shock. (MJB)

The author describes her efforts to engage intermediate grade children in meaningful writing. Her attempts to translate theory and research into classroom practice are discussed. (MT)

Discusses development of pupil grouping in European compulsory education into two opposite class organization types, mixed ability classes and ability-grouped classes. Categorizes the types along two dimensions with three program types and three grouping types, yielding nine teaching categories. Discusses comparative results of streaming and mixed…

Suggestions are made to help the regular classroom teacher maximize instructional time for mainstreamed learning disabled students. Suggestions cover general classroom organization, language arts instruction, and math instruction. Recommendations focus on incidental learning. (CL)

The verbal behavior, physical locations, and seat preferences of members of large groups assembled in row-and-column seating arrangements were investigated. Research procedures revealed that location significantly affected the verbalization rate of certain categories of experimental subjects. The findings confirmed previous observations that there…