John Folger
Biographic Data
| ID | 3633737 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Folger |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Folger |
| SIGNATURE | FOLGER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vanderbilt University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1953 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Measuring Participation among Elementary Grade Students
Research on children at risk for school failure emphasizes the need to understand the ways in which pupils are engaged or disengage from class and school activities. This paper describes the development of a teacher rating scale that assesses the form and extent of participation among elementary grade pupils. The Student Participation Questionnaire was tested with a large sample of Grade-4 teachers and their pupils. Three reliable scales were obt…
Three years in a small class
Lessons for class size policy and research
Teachers and parents both believe that smaller is better for student achievement. The Gallup Polls (1979, 1988, 1989) show that a very large majority (75 to 80%) of these two influential interest groups believe that small classes are important to enhance student achievement. Research results have been mixed, and while recent research summaries (Odden, 1990; Slavin, 1990) indicate that a substantial (one-third or more) class size reduction in the …
Evidence from project star about class size and student achievement
When considering the adoption of any change or new program a policymaker has three major questions to answer. First, how effective will the change be? Second, how much will it cost? And third, what are the problems of implementation, including the support or opposition of the clients and staff (teachers) who implement it? When looking at the issue of
Project star and class size policy
Some Correlates of a Citation Measure of Productivity in Science
Some Aspects of Migration in the Tennessee Valley
seems to be tenable: adjustment of individuals to residence in the fringe area, and inferentially to attraction of the area for them, can be understood principally in terms of socio-psychological factors rather than the economizing nature of the location. This conclusion is borne out by the fact that our sample of rural-urban fringe residents does not in general regard the fringe as an economizing location. When asked to name the major reason for…
Some Correlates of a Citation Measure of Productivity in Science
Some Aspects of Migration in the Tennessee Valley
seems to be tenable: adjustment of individuals to residence in the fringe area, and inferentially to attraction of the area for them, can be understood principally in terms of socio-psychological factors rather than the economizing nature of the location. This conclusion is borne out by the fact that our sample of rural-urban fringe residents does not in general regard the fringe as an economizing location. When asked to name the major reason for…
Three years in a small class
Some Aspects of Migration in the Tennessee Valley
seems to be tenable: adjustment of individuals to residence in the fringe area, and inferentially to attraction of the area for them, can be understood principally in terms of socio-psychological factors rather than the economizing nature of the location. This conclusion is borne out by the fact that our sample of rural-urban fringe residents does not in general regard the fringe as an economizing location. When asked to name the major reason for…
Some Correlates of a Citation Measure of Productivity in Science
Lessons for class size policy and research
Teachers and parents both believe that smaller is better for student achievement. The Gallup Polls (1979, 1988, 1989) show that a very large majority (75 to 80%) of these two influential interest groups believe that small classes are important to enhance student achievement. Research results have been mixed, and while recent research summaries (Odden, 1990; Slavin, 1990) indicate that a substantial (one-third or more) class size reduction in the …
Evidence from project star about class size and student achievement
When considering the adoption of any change or new program a policymaker has three major questions to answer. First, how effective will the change be? Second, how much will it cost? And third, what are the problems of implementation, including the support or opposition of the clients and staff (teachers) who implement it? When looking at the issue of
Project star and class size policy
Three years in a small class
Measuring Participation among Elementary Grade Students
Research on children at risk for school failure emphasizes the need to understand the ways in which pupils are engaged or disengage from class and school activities. This paper describes the development of a teacher rating scale that assesses the form and extent of participation among elementary grade pupils. The Student Participation Questionnaire was tested with a large sample of Grade-4 teachers and their pupils. Three reliable scales were obt…
Mathematics education (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Class (philosophy (4 works) · Class size (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Parental Involvement in Education (3 works) · School Choice and Performance (3 works) · Academic achievement (2 works) · Astrophysics (2 works)