This study examines the relationship between high computer access and "student empowerment&q... more This study examines the relationship between high computer access and "student empowerment" at the Nashville, Tennessee, site of the Apple Classroom of Tomorrow (ACOT) project. The study rests on the premise that school learning is a function of the work carried out by students in school, and that schoolwork is experienced by students as a series of specific tasks. This sequence of tasks constitutes a specific treatment which over a period of time produces thoughts, feelings, and actions which have an influence on work habits, attitudes, and achievement scores. In this study, student empowerment refers to an internal student state where the student sees himself/herself as responsible for, or in control of, the source of his/her own learning. Subjects were two fourth grade classrooms, one which participates in the ACOT project, and one which does not. Data collection included field notes, videotapes, interviews with teachers, and reviews of task materials and products. Resu...
ABSTRACT The Critical Word Factor, based on word recognition demands of texts, is a measure of te... more ABSTRACT The Critical Word Factor, based on word recognition demands of texts, is a measure of text difficulty designed specifically for texts used by beginning readers. The measure is a function of the number of new, unique words per 100 running words of text that fall outside a designated curriculum. The authors investigated the validity of the Critical Word Factor from data on beginning readers' speed, accuracy, and comprehension after students read texts with different numbers of critical words. Analyses of variance indicated significant main effects for the Critical Word Factor on reading speed, accuracy, and comprehension. Mean differences on the 3 variables were in the predicted direction; results for speed and accuracy were stronger than were those for comprehension. Additional analyses showed that words predicted by the model to be hard were hard, and those predicted to be easy were easy.
... In one case, the first literacy task encountered on the tape was very short and a second ... ... more ... In one case, the first literacy task encountered on the tape was very short and a second ... more occasions for coding variables at the level of activities as opposed to tasks, in-terrater ... Each of the two levels of subject-matter content was simple to code, yielding 100% agreement. ...
Abstract: The goal of this study was to assess the relationship between amount of instructional t... more Abstract: The goal of this study was to assess the relationship between amount of instructional time and student achievement. Two questions were addressed:(a) Do students who have more time allocated to a particular subject area also learn more in that area? ...
... ED419484 - Education & Technology: Reflections on Computing in Classrooms. ... ERIC #: ED... more ... ED419484 - Education & Technology: Reflections on Computing in Classrooms. ... ERIC #: ED419484. Title: Education & Technology: Reflections on Computing in Classrooms. Authors: Fisher, Charles, Ed.; Dwyer, David C., Ed.; Yocam, Keith, Ed. ...
This paper presents background information on long‐range planning for one program of educational ... more This paper presents background information on long‐range planning for one program of educational research at a regional research and development laboratory, and delineates those preliminary assumptions and research issues concerning successful schooling and successful schooling practices. It is an agenda for research, development, dissemination, and implementation efforts relating to successful schooling practices made in response to the complex and varied problems confronting schools.The authors outline the decision process behind the present support for successful schooling research. That process began in 1977 with the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development Board making schooling one of six problem domains. After reviewing the needs assessments of the educational regions served by the Laboratory and of the Needs Sensing and Program Review Committee for Schooling, the Board established, as highest priority, the identification and operationalization of elements that constitute successful schooling experiences for all children.The remainder of the paper addresses the collaborative efforts of the Schooling staff to identify issues attendant to successful schooling practices. The discussion reflects upon: The current conditions in schools and how they affect schooling experience.The historical contexts of educational research, development, dissemination and implementation and how their products have led to the present concern for successful schooling.A brief review of knowledge and literature on successful schools and a contrast of these data with what the authors believe to be the basis for a different set of issues.A statement of the beliefs underlying the assumptions with which the Schooling staff has approached program planning.A list of seven issues that serve as antecedents to framing a preliminary set of research questions. Those issues are grouping practices; formation and influences of peer groups; organization of classroom activities; coordination and management of instruction; student perceptions; teacher perceptions, expectations, efficacy, and decision making; and identification, conceptualization and measurement of the nontechnical or moral outcomes of schooling.1. The ideas reported herein are a result of work conducted under a grant from the National Institute of Education, U.S. Department of Education. However, they do not reflect the official policy of either the Institute or the Department, and such inference should not be made.
This study examines the relationship between high computer access and "student empowerment&q... more This study examines the relationship between high computer access and "student empowerment" at the Nashville, Tennessee, site of the Apple Classroom of Tomorrow (ACOT) project. The study rests on the premise that school learning is a function of the work carried out by students in school, and that schoolwork is experienced by students as a series of specific tasks. This sequence of tasks constitutes a specific treatment which over a period of time produces thoughts, feelings, and actions which have an influence on work habits, attitudes, and achievement scores. In this study, student empowerment refers to an internal student state where the student sees himself/herself as responsible for, or in control of, the source of his/her own learning. Subjects were two fourth grade classrooms, one which participates in the ACOT project, and one which does not. Data collection included field notes, videotapes, interviews with teachers, and reviews of task materials and products. Resu...
ABSTRACT The Critical Word Factor, based on word recognition demands of texts, is a measure of te... more ABSTRACT The Critical Word Factor, based on word recognition demands of texts, is a measure of text difficulty designed specifically for texts used by beginning readers. The measure is a function of the number of new, unique words per 100 running words of text that fall outside a designated curriculum. The authors investigated the validity of the Critical Word Factor from data on beginning readers' speed, accuracy, and comprehension after students read texts with different numbers of critical words. Analyses of variance indicated significant main effects for the Critical Word Factor on reading speed, accuracy, and comprehension. Mean differences on the 3 variables were in the predicted direction; results for speed and accuracy were stronger than were those for comprehension. Additional analyses showed that words predicted by the model to be hard were hard, and those predicted to be easy were easy.
... In one case, the first literacy task encountered on the tape was very short and a second ... ... more ... In one case, the first literacy task encountered on the tape was very short and a second ... more occasions for coding variables at the level of activities as opposed to tasks, in-terrater ... Each of the two levels of subject-matter content was simple to code, yielding 100% agreement. ...
Abstract: The goal of this study was to assess the relationship between amount of instructional t... more Abstract: The goal of this study was to assess the relationship between amount of instructional time and student achievement. Two questions were addressed:(a) Do students who have more time allocated to a particular subject area also learn more in that area? ...
... ED419484 - Education & Technology: Reflections on Computing in Classrooms. ... ERIC #: ED... more ... ED419484 - Education & Technology: Reflections on Computing in Classrooms. ... ERIC #: ED419484. Title: Education & Technology: Reflections on Computing in Classrooms. Authors: Fisher, Charles, Ed.; Dwyer, David C., Ed.; Yocam, Keith, Ed. ...
This paper presents background information on long‐range planning for one program of educational ... more This paper presents background information on long‐range planning for one program of educational research at a regional research and development laboratory, and delineates those preliminary assumptions and research issues concerning successful schooling and successful schooling practices. It is an agenda for research, development, dissemination, and implementation efforts relating to successful schooling practices made in response to the complex and varied problems confronting schools.The authors outline the decision process behind the present support for successful schooling research. That process began in 1977 with the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development Board making schooling one of six problem domains. After reviewing the needs assessments of the educational regions served by the Laboratory and of the Needs Sensing and Program Review Committee for Schooling, the Board established, as highest priority, the identification and operationalization of elements that constitute successful schooling experiences for all children.The remainder of the paper addresses the collaborative efforts of the Schooling staff to identify issues attendant to successful schooling practices. The discussion reflects upon: The current conditions in schools and how they affect schooling experience.The historical contexts of educational research, development, dissemination and implementation and how their products have led to the present concern for successful schooling.A brief review of knowledge and literature on successful schools and a contrast of these data with what the authors believe to be the basis for a different set of issues.A statement of the beliefs underlying the assumptions with which the Schooling staff has approached program planning.A list of seven issues that serve as antecedents to framing a preliminary set of research questions. Those issues are grouping practices; formation and influences of peer groups; organization of classroom activities; coordination and management of instruction; student perceptions; teacher perceptions, expectations, efficacy, and decision making; and identification, conceptualization and measurement of the nontechnical or moral outcomes of schooling.1. The ideas reported herein are a result of work conducted under a grant from the National Institute of Education, U.S. Department of Education. However, they do not reflect the official policy of either the Institute or the Department, and such inference should not be made.
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