Progress and Performance in the Primary Classroom (Routledge Revivals)

Synopsis

First published in 1980, Progress and Performance in the Primary Classroom assesses the performance of primary schoolchildren in a range of study skills as well as on the more conventional tests of mathematics, language use and reading. The findings indicate that the more successful styles are used by the more experienced teachers, who manage to increase the amount of contact with the pupils by a variety of organizational strategies. While pupils who receive the greatest amount of class teaching do best on mathematics, there is no evidence to suggest that the characteristics of teaching valued by critics of modern primary practice exert any significant influence on pupil progress. The relationship between pupil progress and behaviour shows some remarkable patterns. For example, it was found that children who work on average one day per week less than other children still make the same progress in basic skills as the others. Such findings suggest that there is a need to examine how far teaching in the junior school is sufficiently stimulating and challenging, while at the same time acknowledging the difficulties of improving the situation while class sizes remain relatively high. This book will be of interest to students of education and pedagogy as well as to teachers.

Copyright:

1980

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

269 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000831528

Related ISBNs:

9781032421162, 9781003361268, 9781032421155

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

02/02/23

Copyrighted By:

Maurice Galton, Brian Simon, Paul Croll, John Willcocks and Anne Jasman

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Education, Politics and Government

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Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Maurice Galton

Edited by:

Brian Simon