Show Team teaching experiment given Success stamp Bv Central Research Committee by Philip A report by the Utah Central Research Committee for a national education research commission declared the Roosevelt Junior High School eighth grade experiment in team teaching a The report of the Utah Central Research Committee results indicate that the experimental group achieved greater mean gains on the history and language arts tests the control The experiment in the utilization of teacher time through the use of a teaching team in the Roosevelt Junior High School in the Duchesne County School District gave positive results in favor of the educational achievements of pupils when compared with control schools which were taught according to the traditional The experiment m team teaching was conducted because some educators have taught that in nearly every school subject there are areas of instruction that can be effectively taught in large many students require individual help by a teacher in small group situations in same school Team teaching is an instructional method that utilizes large group instruction by a single yet allows for individualized The large group instruction provides time for other team teachers to adequately plan and prepare make visual aids and materials to be given to and allows a greater enrichment of the teacher's background in the subject The method also makes it possible for each student to benefit from the special abilities of each team The Roosevelt Junior High School experiment provided for periods of released time during the two class periods the experiment was conducted last A questionnaire to determine the attitudes of the students their and teachers not concerned with the experiment indicated enthusiastic There were no indications that students were adversely affected socially by this method of The members of the teaching Delray Philip Virginia Rhoda Wanda Lawrell principal and chairman of the experimental wholeheartedly endorse and recommend the team teaching method of To Continue Arrangements have been made by the Roosevelt Junior High School district and state and national committees to conduct a follow-up experiment in the eighth grade at the Roosevelt Junior High School during the school |