thinking. When teachers asked questions seeking analysis, justification, or applied reasoning from students, students were observed to spend more time talking. Further, we found that the analysis questions tended to precede small and large group discussions. Often, the teacher’ reasoning and justification questions prompted students to ask more questions of each other. When students responded t...

BACKGROUND Teacher feedback on student reflective writing is recommended to improve learners' reflective competence. To be able to improve teacher feedback on reflective writing, it is essential to gain insight into which characteristics of written feedback stimulate students' reflection processes. Therefore, we investigated (1) which characteristics can be distinguished in written feedback com...

This study examined development of academic, language, and social skills among 4-year-olds in publicly supported prekindergarten (pre-K) programs in relation to 3 methods of measuring pre-K quality, which are as follows: (a) adherence to 9 standards of quality related to program infrastructure and design, (b) observations of the overall quality of classroom environments, and (c) observations of...

Transforming science learning through student-centered instruction that engages students in a variety of scientific practices is central to national science-teaching reform efforts. Our study employed a large-scale, randomized-cluster experimental design to compare the effects of student-centered and teacher-centered approaches on elementary school students' understanding of space-science conce...

This study examines factors related to three dimensions of parent involvement in preschool: school-based involvement, home-based involvement, and the parent–teacher relationship. Participants were 154 predominantly African American parents recruited from two Head Start programs. Results of bivariate and canonical correlation analyses support the validity of a multidimensional, ecological concep...

Traditionally, Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) are dedicated to learners. They help them learn at their own pace, following a curriculum tailored to their individual needs and receiving individualised feedback. Intelligent Teaching Assistant Systems (ITAs) are dedicated both to learners and teachers. Their aim is to facilitate the whole teaching/learning process by helping the teacher as wel...

BACKGROUND Recent studies show that teachers, especially in Secondary Education present varying levels of burnout syndrome. This problem could be caused by internal factors unique to the subject (psychological characteristics) or external factors (overwork, social climate, etc.). METHOD The objective of this study is to analyze the influence of interpersonal relationships on the development o...

Teacher assessments of interpersonal characteristics were used to identify subtypes of rural African American early adolescents (161 boys and 258 girls). Teacher ratings of interpersonal characteristics were used to identify popular and unpopular aggressive subtypes for both boys and girls. Unpopular aggressive youths did not have elevated levels of rejected sociometric status but were more lik...