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The Relationship of Teacher-Centered Activities and Pupil-Centered Activities to Pupil Achievement and Interest in 18 Fifth-Grade Social Studies Classes1:

The Relationship of Teacher-Centered Activities and Pupil-Centered Activities to Pupil... Th e Relationship of Teacher-Centered Activities and Pupil-Centered Activities to Pupil Achievement and Interest in 18 Fifth-Grade Social Studies Classes1 WAYNE L. HERMAN, JR., JAMES E. POTTERFIELD, C. MITCHELL DAYTON, and KATHLEEN G. AMERSHEK University of Maryland If one group of fifth-grade teachers used predominantly teacher- centered activities and another group of fifth-grade teachers used mostly pupil-centered activities, would there be any difference in the achievement of either group of pupils in a social studies unit of study? At the end of the unit, would the pupils of these two groups differ in the interest they have for the social studies? Anderson (3) in his review of the authoritarian-democratic stud­ ies, few of which were done in the elementary school, concluded that the available evidence failed to demonstrate that either au­ thoritarian or democratic leadership is consistently associated with higher productivity. He stated, however, that one of the factors which contributed to the confusing and contradictory patterns of re­ search findings was the lack of methodological rigor and inadequate research design. Although none of the studies reviewed by Ander­ son provided for the control of teachers' verbal behavior, in the past few years there is increasing evidence that when http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Educational Research Journal SAGE

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Th e Relationship of Teacher-Centered Activities and Pupil-Centered Activities to Pupil Achievement and Interest in 18 Fifth-Grade Social Studies Classes1 WAYNE L. HERMAN, JR., JAMES E. POTTERFIELD, C. MITCHELL DAYTON, and KATHLEEN G. AMERSHEK University of Maryland If one group of fifth-grade teachers used predominantly teacher- centered activities and another group of fifth-grade teachers used mostly pupil-centered activities, would there be any difference in the achievement of either group of pupils in a social studies unit of study? At the end of the unit, would the pupils of these two groups differ in the interest they have for the social studies? Anderson (3) in his review of the authoritarian-democratic stud­ ies, few of which were done in the elementary school, concluded that the available evidence failed to demonstrate that either au­ thoritarian or democratic leadership is consistently associated with higher productivity. He stated, however, that one of the factors which contributed to the confusing and contradictory patterns of re­ search findings was the lack of methodological rigor and inadequate research design. Although none of the studies reviewed by Ander­ son provided for the control of teachers' verbal behavior, in the past few years there is increasing evidence that when

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Published: Jun 24, 2016

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