CLASSROOMS: MANAGEMENT, EFFECTIVENESS AND CHALLENGES -- CLASSROOMS: MANAGEMENT, EFFECTIVENESS AND CHALLENGES -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 NEGOTIATING MATHEMATICS IN AN INTERACTIVE CLASSROOM -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MALAYSIAN PERSPECTIVE -- 3. RELATED LITERATURE -- 3.1. Concept Formation -- 3.2. Student-student Interaction -- 3.3. Teacher-student Interaction -- 4. METHODS -- 4.1. Participants and Setting -- 4.2. Classroom Organization -- 4.3. Data Collection -- 4.4. Data Analysis -- 5. NEGOTIATING AN INTERACTIVE CLASSROOM CULTURE -- Transcription 1: Lesson on Sets -- Transcription 2: Lesson on Straight Lines -- Transcription 3: Lesson on Trigonometry -- Transcription 4: Off-task talking -- 6. NATURE OF STUDENT-STUDENT INTERACTION -- 6.1. Group Work Expectations -- Transcription 5: Lesson on Bearing -- Transcription 6: Lesson on Straight Line -- Transcription 7: Lesson on Lines and Planes in 3-dimension -- 6.2. Collaborative Interactions -- 6.2.1. Relevant -- 6.2.2. Adequate -- Transcription 8: Lesson on Straight Line -- 6.2.3. Timely -- Transcription 9: Lesson on Trigonometry -- 6.2.4. Understand and Use -- 7. FEEDBACK -- 7.1. Feedback on the Task -- Transcription 10: Lesson on Circle -- 7.2. Feedback on the Process -- Transcription 11: Lesson on Circle -- 7.3. Feedback on Regulation -- Transcription 12: Lesson on Trigonometry -- Transcription 13: Lesson on Angles of Elevation and Depression -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 FACTORS AFFECTING HELP-SEEKING AND LEARNING GAINS IN TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED INQUIRY-LEARNING: THE EFFECTS OF THE CLASSROOM SCRIPT AND GENDER COMPOSITION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- AIMS OF THE STUDY -- METHODS -- Sample and Design -- The Web-based Inquiry Science Environment (WISE) -- Structuredness of the Classroom Scripts.

Instruments -- Analysis of the Help-seekingProcess -- Students' Learning Gains in Physics -- Statistical Analysis -- Qualitative Approach -- RESULTS -- Single-gender and Mixed-gender Pairs' Help-seeking Processes under Differently Structured Classroom-script Conditions -- Learning Gains of Single-gender vs. Mixed-gender Pairs under Differently Structured Classroom-script Conditions -- Qualitative Analysis of Successful and Unsuccessful Single-gender and Mixed-gender Pairs -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 FRAMING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT THROUGH PERCEPTIONS OF JUSTICE: THE ROLE OF TRUST IN AUTHORITIES IN EDUCATIONAL CONTEXTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. SOCIAL JUSTICE RESEARCH ON ENGAGEMENT -- 1.1. Models of Psychology of Justice on Engagement -- 1.2. Classroom Justice -- 2. STUDENT ENGAGEMENT -- 3. TRUST AS A PREDICTOR OF ENGAGEMENT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 TEACHER-CHILD INTERACTION TRAINING: DESCRIPTION, HISTORICAL UNDERPINNINGS AND CASE EXAMPLE -- ABSTRACT -- GOALS AND SKILLS OF TCIT -- Child-Directed Interaction -- Teacher-Directed Interaction (TDI) -- Teaching the Goals and Skills of TCIT -- REVIEW OF RESEARCH LITERATURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF TCIT -- CASE ILLUSTRATION OF TCIT -- Presenting Problems -- Pre-Training Assessment of Skills -- CDI -- Preparation for TDI -- TDI -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 URBAN CLASSROOM PEDAGOGY: THE ROLE OF SCHOOL-WIDE TEACHER-DIRECTED CONSULTATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EVIDENCED-BASED PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES IN THE CLASSROOM -- Teacher-Centered Classroom Practices -- Positive Behavior Support -- TEACHER RETENTION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT -- METHODOLOGY -- Participants and Setting -- Data Collection -- Teacher Beliefs -- Classroom Direct-Observations -- Procedures -- School-Wide In-Service -- Classroom Direct Observations.

On-Going Consultation -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- TEACHER BELIEF-INSTRUCTIONAL BEHAVIOR SURVEY -- Urban Classroom Checklist (UCC) -- Overall Teaching Effectiveness -- Use of Positive or Negative Comments -- Individual Teacher Performance -- Individual Case Studies -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 THE RACIST TEACHER REVISITED: RACE AND SOCIAL SKILLS IN A NATIONALLY REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF AMERICAN CHILDREN -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- Differential Social Control by Race -- Differential Behavior by Race -- CURRENT FOCUS -- METHODS -- Sample -- Measures -- Dependent Variable -- Level-1 Predictors -- Teacher Characteristics -- Cognitive Complexity -- Control Variables -- Level-2 Predictors -- Percent Minority -- School Crime -- Public School -- Analytical Plan -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 CLASSROOM ACOUSTICS: MEASUREMENTS, SIMULATIONS AND APPLICATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. ACOUSTIC DESCRIPTORS FOR CLASSROOMS - MEASUREMENTS AND SIMULATIONS -- 2.1. Reverberation Time -- 2.2. Definition -- 2.3. Centre Time -- 2.4. Speech Transmission Index -- 3. CASE STUDIES IN UNIVERSITY CLASSROOMS -- 4. ACOUSTIC PLANNING OF A CLASSROOM -- 4.1. Computer Simulation -- 4.2. Influence of Absorbent Surfaces -- 4.3. Influence of Occupation -- 4.4. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACOUSTICS PARAMETERS AND ACOUSTIC QUALITY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 TWO WAYS OF CAPTURING LESSON-TO-LESSON VARIABILITY IN THE CLASSROOM SOCIAL CLIMATE: GENERAL TREND AND PROCESS ANALYSIS -- ABSTRACT -- CLASSROOM SOCIAL CLIMATE -- THE DATA -- TWO APPROACHES -- Approach 1. Development of the Classroom Social Climate, Examining General Trends across Time -- Approach 2. Variability in the Classroom Social Climate, Examining the Role of Teacher Behavior Incidents -- GENERAL TREND OR PROCESS ANALYSIS? -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 COMFORT IN SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN THE MEDITERANEAN ENVIRONMENT -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- NUMERICAL MODELS -- BUILDINGS SCHEME -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Modern School Building Thermal Response -- School Buildings Complex Thermal Response -- Kindergarten School Building Thermal Response -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 CLASSROOM DISCIPLINE: DISCIPLINE STRATEGIES, PREVENTING STUDENT MISBEHAVIORS AND RESEARCH ON STUDENT MISBEHAVIORS IN THE CLASSROOM -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- a) Concept of Discipline -- b) Discipline Theories and Models -- Discipline Theories -- Discipline Models -- c) The Effect of Student Misbehaviors on the Learning-Teaching Process and Teacher -- d) Resources of Student Misbehaviors in the Class -- a) Non-class Resources -- b) In-Class Resources -- e) Attaining Classroom Discipline with Efficient Classroom Management Strategies -- f) Student Misbehaviors in the Class -- g) Approaches and Strategies of Coping with Student Misbehaviors in the Class -- Approaches of Managing Misbehaviors -- Strategies of Managing Misbehaviors -- A RESEARCH ON THE OBSERVATION OF STUDENT MISBEHAVIORS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN TURKEY IN THE SENSE OF VARIOUS DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES -- Method -- Findings and Comments -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX: DIMENSIONS AND FACTOR LOADINGS OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE -- Dimensions and Factor Loadings Pertaining To Students' Undesired Behaviors -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.