Abstract Diversity and differences between students are the reality that teachers deal with daily. To address this reality, developments in education aim to provide knowledge requisite skills needed for differentiated instruction (DI). DI is a pedagogical-didactic approach enables systematically students’ diverse learning needs. However, no validated instruments currently exist measure or evalu...

How do teachers define failure when learning to write? We don’t ask the question often enough. In this article, I attempt to offer a definition and critique of the nature and production of failure in writing classrooms and programs. I argue that the production of failure in writing assessments can create more purposeful consequences, particularly for those historically most likely to suffer “fa...

PURPOSE To analyze the acoustic parameters of classrooms and the relationship among equivalent sound pressure level (Leq), reverberation time (T₃₀), the Speech Transmission Index (STI), and the performance of students in speech intelligibility testing. METHODS A cross-sectional descriptive study, which analyzed the acoustic performance of 18 classrooms in 9 public schools in Belo Horizonte, M...

This paper reports a 12-year journey of bringing knowledge building practices into Singaporean classrooms and scaling up related pedagogical practices to more classrooms. It started with a linear diffusion approach, through a researcher (the author) who introduced the pedagogy to selected classrooms. In the mid-term, a collaborative learning approach was adopted which involved both researchers ...

Characterization of indoor air quality in school classrooms is crucial to children’s health and performance. The present study was undertaken to characterize the indoor air quality in six naturally ventilated classrooms of three schools in Cassino (Italy). Indoor particle number, mass, black carbon, CO2 and radon concentrations, as well as outdoor particle number were measured within school hou...

Literature is an expression of life through the medium of language and in the ESL classroom it is often seen as an authentic means of learning the target language. A literature-enriched curriculum not only helps learners improve their reading and writing skills but more importantly helps them internalise grammar and vocabulary. The many benefits of literature saw the implementation of the Conte...

Classrooms are often filled with deterrents that hamper a child's ability to listen and learn. It is evident that the acoustical environment in classrooms can be one such deterrent. Excessive background noise and reverberation can affect the achievement and educational performance of children with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) and children with normal hearing sensitivity who have other audi...

Purpose: Open plan classrooms, where several classes share the same area, have recently re-emerged in primary schools. This study investigated Kindergarteners’ perceptions of noise and how it affects speech perception in four classrooms: an enclosed classroom (25 children), double classroom (44 children), fully open plan triple classroom (91 children), and a semi-open plan K-6 classroom (205 ch...

UNI EN ISO 7730 (1997), about thermal – hygrometry comfort, is based on a static model where occupants are considered as passive subjects in thermal exchange. In the last years adaptive models were developed, where occupant acts with environment, reducing individual reaction to environmental stimuli. None of the proposed adaptive models found a full confirmation, therefore a revised version of ...

This paper focuses on one potentially important contributor to the achievement gap between black and white students, differences in their exposure to novice teachers. We present a model that explores the pressures that may lead school administrators to distribute novice teachers unequally across or within schools. Using a rich micro-level data set provided by the North Carolina Department of Pu...