classroom managementn
(in language teaching) the ways in which student behaviour, movement,
interaction, etc., during a class is organized and controlled by the teacher
(or sometimes by the learners themselves) to enable teaching to take place
most effectively. Classroom management includes procedures for grouping
students for different types of classroom activities, use of lesson plans,
handling of equipment, aids, etc., and the direction and management of
student behaviour and activity.
classroom observation schemen
in classroom research, an observational form (often in the form of a
grid) that consists of a set of categories that can be used to record and
describe teaching and learning behaviours in the classroom such as the
frequency of question types and interactional moves.
classroom-process researchn
see classroom-centred research
classroom researchn
research that seeks to obtain information or explore hypotheses about
the nature of teaching and learning in classrooms. It includes a variety of
different research techniques which have in common: a question, problem,
or hypothesis, collection of data, and analysis and interpretation of data.
Such research may be quantitative or qualitative and may be conducted by
the teacher, a researcher, or the teacher in some form of collaboration with
others.
see also action research, observation
clausen
a group of words which form a grammatical unit and which contain a subject
and a finite verb. A clause forms a sentence or part of a sentence and often
functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb.
For example:
I hurried home.
Because I was late, they went without me.
Clauses are classified as dependent or independent, e.g.:
I hurried because I was late.
independent dependent
clause clause
A clause is different from a phrase.
A phrase is a group of words which form a grammatical unit. A phrase does
not contain a finite verb and does not have a subject-predicate structure:
clause