The problem of this study was to isolate predictors of academic success in both self-paced classes and lecture classes in Introductory Accounting. The purposes of the study were to determine if learning style, locus of control, reading ability, age, sex, accounting work experience, and prior accounting academic experience are predictors of success in Introductory Accounting classes taught using self-paced methods of instruction and lecture methods of instruction. Another purpose was to determine if there is a difference in the set of predictors of success in the two instructional methods and to provide some direction as to determinants of success which may be addressed by counselors in advising students. The data were collected from 463 students at a suburban community college in the Southwest. Each of the variables was analyzed by a stepwise multiple regression analysis and a backward elimination regression for students grouped according to instructional method. A two-way multivariate analysis of variance was used to examine whether the distribution of scores on the potential predictor variables were equivalent for students in the two teaching methods and for successful completers of the course and noncompleters. Consideration of the data findings of this study permitted the following conclusions: 1. Age and reading ability have a positive relationship to academic success in an Introductory Accounting course taught in a lecture format. 2. Concrete learning style, as measured by the Learning Style Inventory, age, reading ability, and accounting work experience have a positive relationship to success in an Introductory Accounting course taught in a self-paced format. 3. Age, reading ability, accounting work experience, and a concrete learning style have a positive relationship to academic success in Accounting courses taught using either method. 4. There is a difference in the set of predictors of success for Accounting classes taught using the two instructional methods. 5. There are differences between completers and noncompleters of courses regardless of instructional method.

The problem of this study is to compare the effectiveness of two methods of teaching beginning typewriting in the community college. The two methods are an audio-tutorial approach and the traditional textbook approach. Groups taught by the contrasting methods of instruction were compared on the basis of their production performance and their straight-copy skills after thirty-six class periods of instruction. A comparison was also made of the attrition rate of the two groups.

Univerzita Karlova v Praze Filozofická fakulta Katedra pedagogiky Bc. Jitka Soldátová Spolupráce učitelů při proměně výuky Cooperation between teachers during education transformation Vedoucí práce: 2014 Doc. PhDr. Kasíková Hana, CSc. Abstract Cooperation between teachers during education transformation The topic of the thesis pertains to the collaboration of teachers in education transformation. It concerns itself with cooperation at the level of schools and with individual forms of teacher collaboration that lead to better teaching. It also deals with the roles and competences of teachers, the requirements for their work and factors that affect the inclusion of innovative elements in teaching. The transformation focuses on organisational forms and teaching methods. The empirical section presents the specific level of cooperation of teachers during the inclusion of new organisational forms and teaching methods at the Secondary and Vocational School in Milevsko. Keywords: cooperation, school, teacher, teaching, organisational forms of education, teaching methods červen 2014

The thesis titled Possibilities and limits of work with motivation of pupils with ADHD and ADD syndrome at first degree of primary school specializes in finding effective motivation of these pupils. In the theoretical part of the thesis will be defined notions of motivation, ADHD and ADD, teaching methods, organizational forms, evaluating the relationship between teacher and pupil. It will also be a sub-analysis of individual concepts and relationships between them. Processed theoretical background will be taken into account in the practical part. The practical part will pick out the most effective way of motivating pupils with ADD and ADHD syndrome integrated in the regular classroom at primary school. The research methods will be used direct and participant observation, case study, analysis of pupils' projects. Key words: motivation, ADHD, ADD, teaching methods, organizational forms, assessment, teacher-pupil relationship

1 ABSTRACT The thesis deals with the options of approach to teaching leaf morphology at lower secondary schools from both theoretical and emprical point of view. The empirical part is then verified on-site within the teaching process. The theoretical part is dedicated to the topic of leaf and particular aspects of the teaching process. The empirical part at first attempts to conduct a survey of the methods and organization forms of teaching applied at particular lower secondary schools within the teaching of leaf morfology. Afterwards, it analyses selected textbooks used for teaching biology. Next part describes suggested methods and organization forms of teaching applied less frequently during the education. The second goal of the thesis is to put in practice the methods and organization forms of teaching within an educational experiment. Afterwards, a didactic test is used at representative schools to verify the efficiency. At the end of the thesis, the results of the following are presented: the observation of teaching leaf morphology, the analysis of the biology textbooks content, and the didactic test. The results of the didactic test demonstrate the extent to which the skills and knowledge of the students are effected by the methods and organization forms of teaching applied within the educational...

On the first pages I tried to theoretically process problems of cooperation and its use from different point of view. The main goal of this work was to discover the teachers' and students' approach on cooperative methods. If they consider them as appropriate, useful and funny as it's written in many other publications. I didn't forget to define essential concepts either. Cooperation itself is in the society dealed with many scientific sectors such as sociology, politic science, psychology, even economy, ecology and last but not least didactics and pedagogy itself. The base for my research was to know as many theoretical aspects on cooperative form of teaching. To make mapping of relevant knowledge about cooperative learning and teaching more meaningful, my work includes empiric part, which describes research survey focused on cooperative teaching form and its use on the second grade on the basic school. The crucial goal of research was to find out what opinion on cooperative forms of education do the teachers and students have and what cooperative method do they consider as the most appropriate. Start from theoretic research preparation and lead to own research performance and evaluation of gain data. In the end of my work I tried to create summary of gain data and their evaluation. Key words:...

Key words: gift, talent, education of gifted children, teaching methods and forms of working oganization This graduation theses is focused on gifted children and their signs. The theoretical part contains legislature relevant to educating of gifted children in the Czech Republic and various options of the optimalisation of educating process for gifted pupils. It also focus on different methods of recognising gifted children, educating them in school, options of educating and its problems, it deals with the formes of organisation of the teaching methods and basic approaches to educating of gifted pupils. The experimental part of this work is divided into two parts. The first one shows the pupils' oppinion about education, who visit the school for gifted children, the second one contents interview with teachers and examples of the good work with educating children.

Syftet med denna undersökning är att undersöka hur undervisningen om partikelmodellen bedrivs i årskurserna 4–6 och hur undervisningen utformas. Studien genomfördes med hjälp av kvalitativt inriktade intervjuer med fem olika lärare som undervisar inom No-ämnena i de aktuella årskurserna. Resultatet visar att alla fem lärarna undervisar om fasövergångar och materians byggstenar, men att lärarna fördjupar sig inom olika delar av dessa områden.  Lärarna i undersökningen väljer olika undervisningsmetoder när de undervisar om partikelmodellen: Traditionell undervisning, hypoteser, datoranimeringar, laborationer, dramatiseringar och användning av konkret material. / The purpose with this paper has been to examine how the education about the particle model in grades 4–6 is conducted and how the education is carried out. The study was carried out with the help of qualitatively directed interviews with five teachers that teach in the science subjects in the grades in question. The results show that all five teachers teach about, phase transitions and the building blocks of matter, but choose to immerse in different parts of these subjects. The teachers choose different teaching methods to teach about the particle model: Traditional teaching, hypotheses, computer animations, laboratory, dramatization and use of concrete materials.

Denna studie syftar till att undersöka hur några lärare i årskurs 4–6 i Mälardalsregionen kan möjliggöra att elever utvecklar sin muntliga kommunikationsförmåga i engelska. Med hjälp av observationer och samtalsanalyser har vi undersökt hur och i vilken omfattning lärare använder sig av metoder som gynnar elevers muntliga kommunikationsförmåga. Detta har genererat data av både kvantitativ och kvalitativ karaktär. Resultatet visar att lärarna i denna studie i relativt hög grad använder sig av positiv respons och låter eleverna få ganska stort talutrymme. Dock visar resultatet att förekomsten av IRE-mönster, som av forskning ses som negativt, är relativt hög. Vår förhoppning med studien är att inspirera lärarstudenter och befintliga lärare att utveckla den muntliga kommunikationsundervisningen i engelska.

Forskning tyder på att fler och fler människor förbrukar vår jords naturresurser utan att de hinner återhämta sig och lever som att vi har fler jordklot än vi har. Med detta som bakgrund har ett intresse utvecklats för hur lärare undervisar om hållbar utveckling för att skapa en medvetenhet om problemet hos elever. Syftet med studien är därmed att analysera lärares undervisningsformer inom hållbar utveckling i årskurserna 4-6, i de naturorienterande ämnena samt teknik, i Jönköpings län. De forskningsfrågor som används för att uppfylla studiens syfte är inriktade på hur lärare arbetar med hållbar utveckling i sin undervisning, vilken betydelse lärarna anser att utbildning om hållbar utveckling har samt hur elevers kunskaper om hållbar utveckling tydliggörs ur ett lärarperspektiv.  För att uppnå studiens syfte har en kvalitativ metod använts och semistrukturerade intervjuer har genomförts med åtta lärare runt om i Jönköpings län. Materialet analyserades med hjälp av kategorier för att underlätta bearbetningen av datainsamlingen. Analysen av materialet och delar av resultatet har sin grund i och kopplas till det sociokulturella perspektivet samt verksamhetsteorin. Resultatet visar olika undervisningsformer som återkommer hos flera lärare, bland annat diskussioner och ämnesövergripande arbete. I det ämnesövergripande arbetet ser lärarna en brist mellan arbetet med andra ämnen än de naturorienterande ämnena samt teknik. Vidare lyfts vikten av utbildning om hållbar utveckling, vilket alla lärare i studien ser som ett viktigt ämnesinnehåll. Lärarna i studien formulerar att eleverna är medvetna om vad hållbar utveckling är men att vissa är mer engagerade än andra. Slutligen lyfts en undervisningsform som alla lärare använder sig i undervisning om hållbar utveckling, nämligen pappersåtervinning. / Research indicates that more and more people consume our earth's natural resources without them being able to recover and live as if we have more globes than we have. With this as a background, an interest has been developed for how teachers teach about sustainable development in order to create an awareness of the problem of students. The purpose of the study is thus to analyze the teaching methods of teachers in sustainable development in grades 4-6, in the nature-oriented subjects and technology, in Jönköping County. The research questions used to fulfill the purpose of the study have their focus on how teachers work with sustainable development in their teaching, what importance teachers believe that education about sustainable development and how pupils' knowledge of sustainable development is made clear from a teacher's perspective. To achieve the aim of the study, a qualitative method has been used and semi-structured interviews have been conducted with eight teachers around Jönköping County. The material was analyzed using categories to facilitate the processing of the data collection. The analysis of the material and parts of the result are based on and linked to the socio-cultural perspective and the activity theory. The results show different types of teaching that come back to several teachers, including discussions and interdisciplinary work. In the interdisciplinary work, the teachers see a shortage between work with subjects other than the nature-oriented subjects and technology. Furthermore, the importance of education on sustainable development is emphasized, which all teachers in the study regard as an important subject content. The teachers in the study formulate that the students are aware of what sustainable development is, but that some are more engaged than others. Finally, a common form of teaching is highlighted, which all teachers use in teaching sustainable development, namely paper recycling.