Facts+&+Statistics




 * "...Found that contact with individual students during seatwork was positively related to achievement only if it was private and discreet."
 * Helmke and Schrader 1998
 * "Disruptive talk with neighbors constitutes about 80 percent of the discipline problems in a typical classroom."
 * Edwards 1997
 * In the video, //First One Picked On, Last One Picked//, Rick Lavoie discusses impulsivity that is liked with the typical child with ADHD. Lavoie says, “If I can’t do it right, I will do it fast.”
 * Lavoie 1994
 * "Reasearch has shown that elementary students spend nearly half of their time working independently on seatwork or independent work activities."
 * Jones and Jones 1896
 * "There are approximately 30 major transitions each day in a typical elementary classroom."
 * Doyle, 1986
 * "Brain Research reveals that within 3 to 5 minutes of sustained activity neural systems of the brain fatigue with neurons becoming less responsive"
 * Perry 1998