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What happens at the lesson start?
Timo Saloviitasubject
Classroom managementteaching time05 social sciences0211 other engineering and technologies050301 education021107 urban & regional planning02 engineering and technologyTime on taskEducationclassroom routinesinstructional timeBasic educationclassroom managementMathematics educationTime managementta516Finland schoolingPsychologyAssociation (psychology)0503 educationGrade levelSimulationdescription
AbstractTransitional periods, such as lesson starts, are necessary steps from one activity to another, but they also compete with time for actual learning. The aim of the present study was to replicate a previous pilot study on lesson starts and explore possible disturbances. In total, 130 lesson starts in Finnish basic education in grades 1–9 were studied using systematic observation performed by 79 preservice teachers. The results corresponded with a previous pilot study indicating that lesson starts were generally orderly and teachers used effective means to manage events. However, lessons started 5 min late on average. Male teachers were evaluated to have better classroom order than female teachers. Small effects were observed based on the gender of the student and the hour of the lesson. No association was found between disturbances in the classroom and the grade level, group size or presence of a classroom assistant.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-02 | International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning |