TY - JOUR
T1 - Comprehensive school reform
T2 - An observational study of teaching in grades 3 through 5
AU - McCaslin, Mary
AU - Good, Thomas L.
AU - Nichols, Sharon
AU - Zhang, Jizhi
AU - Wiley, Caroline R.H.
AU - Bozack, Amanda Rabidue
AU - Burross, Heidi Legg
AU - Cuizon-Garcia, Rena
PY - 2006/3/1
Y1 - 2006/3/1
N2 - This observational study involved literacy and mathematics instruction of 145 teachers in grades 3 through 5 in 20 low-income schools enrolled in the U.S. government's Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) Demonstration program. Observed curriculum and instructional practices were primarily and coherently focused on acquisition of basic facts and skills and related elaborations and thinking. With few exceptions, students were on task and productive and teacher-student relationships were friendly and mutually supportive. Observations were compared with normative teaching practices. This comparison supported the conclusion that instruction in CSR classrooms did not differ from instruction typically observed in elementary school. Recommendations for enhancing normative practice within the constraints of modern school reform are made.
AB - This observational study involved literacy and mathematics instruction of 145 teachers in grades 3 through 5 in 20 low-income schools enrolled in the U.S. government's Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) Demonstration program. Observed curriculum and instructional practices were primarily and coherently focused on acquisition of basic facts and skills and related elaborations and thinking. With few exceptions, students were on task and productive and teacher-student relationships were friendly and mutually supportive. Observations were compared with normative teaching practices. This comparison supported the conclusion that instruction in CSR classrooms did not differ from instruction typically observed in elementary school. Recommendations for enhancing normative practice within the constraints of modern school reform are made.
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U2 - 10.1086/503634
DO - 10.1086/503634
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33645323210
VL - 106
SP - 313
EP - 331
JO - Elementary School Journal
JF - Elementary School Journal
SN - 0013-5984
IS - 4
ER -