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EJ538167 PS526087
Title: Multi-Year Instruction: Establishing Student-Teacher Relationships.Author(s): Lincoln, Robert D.
Source: Schools in the Middle, v6 n3 p50-52 Jan-Feb 1997
Publication Date: 1997
ISSN: 0276-4482
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Descriptive (141)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUN1997
Discusses
the advantages and problems of multi-year instruction or "looping."
Looping improves relationships, increases student achievement, strengthens
school-home partnerships, increases parental support, promotes discipline,
and increases academic time. Briefly describes Tolland Middle School's
implementation of multi-year instruction, including the process
of exploring other model schools and the guidelines employed. (SD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement; Classroom Environment; Elementary
Education; *Experimental Schools; Instruction; *Instructional Design;
*Middle Schools; *Nontraditional Education; Parent School Relationship;
*Teacher Student Relationship; Teaching Methods; Teaching Models
Identifiers: Connecticut; Looping (Teachers); Middle School Students;
*Multiyear Teaching
