Direct Instruction and Child-Initiated Instruction

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate
kindergarten
teachers'' attitudes toward two instructional models
based on two
criteria: (1) the classroom social behavior of their
kindergarten
students, and (2) teacher demographics. In this
study, and from a
classroom perspective, the author defines children''s
classroom social
behavior as staying seated, asking permission to
talk, listening to the
teacher, responding appropriately, taking turns, and
sharing. The
target population of this study was a sampling of
kindergarten teachers
from several kindergartens in the cities of Ankara
and Adana in Turkey.
A total of 121 completed surveys (a response rate of
90 percent) were
collected for data analysis. Descriptive statistics,
frequencies,
correlations and multiple regression analyses were
performed for the
data analysis in this study.

Autorentext
Dr. Ulker is the Principal of Truebright Science Academy in
Phila, PA., USA. He
holds a Ph.D. and a M.Ed. in Curriculum & Instruction with an
emphasis on Early
Childhood Education & Educational Psychology from Pennsylvania
State University. He
holds a B.A. in Guidance & Counseling. He has several
publications and presentations
to his credit.

Klappentext
The primary purpose of this study was to investigate kindergarten teachers' attitudes toward two instructional models based on two criteria: (1) the classroom social behavior of their kindergarten students, and (2) teacher demographics. In this study, and from a classroom perspective, the author defines children's classroom social behavior as staying seated, asking permission to talk, listening to the teacher, responding appropriately, taking turns, and sharing. The target population of this study was a sampling of kindergarten teachers from several kindergartens in the cities of Ankara and Adana in Turkey. A total of 121 completed surveys (a response rate of 90 percent) were collected for data analysis. Descriptive statistics, frequencies, correlations and multiple regression analyses were performed for the data analysis in this study.