The purposes of this study were: (1) to assess the degree to which Leon County, Florida, Middle School Compensatory Education mathematics and communications teachers, used during classroom instruction the Key Elements included in a research-based inservice training program; (2) to assess the degree to which experimental teachers utilized the Key Elements with that of similar teachers who did not have such training; and (3) to compare the achievement of students taught by teachers who received training and that of students taught by teachers who did not receive training. / The five Key Elements included in the instructional training component were: Task Analysis, Tell/Show/Do, Questioning, Feedback and Monitoring. These Key Elements were drawn from research on effective teaching. The experimental group received training and was directed to utilize the five Key Elements in planning, and actual classroom instruction. / Classroom observations were conducted to collect data to determine the degree to which the teachers used the Key Elements. Pre- and posttest data collected from an achievement test were used for analyses of the data on the achievement of the students enrolled in both classes. / Analysis of variance, analysis of covariance, t tests, adjusted cell/marginal means, Duncan's Multiple Range Test, and descriptive techniques were used to analyze the data. / The results indicated that the teachers who participated in the training program, utilized the Key Elements to a degree higher than similar teaching who had no such training. A significant difference was found between the means obtained by students in communications. In mathematics, although the students in the experimental group performed better than the control group, the difference was not significant. Differences between the means of sixth and seventh, sixth and eighth, and seventh and eighth grades were significant. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-01, Section: A, page: 0127. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1984.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75482 |
| Contributors | MALLORY-SMITH, SHIRLEY., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 184 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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