The study was designed to determine whether interaction verbal behavior patterns during student teaching changed or were modified significantly after two years of independent classroom experience. Those teachers who were less flexible during student teaching shifted to a more flexible style during independent classroom teaching. (Author)

This study compared differences in the classroom verbal behavior of 30 teachers in East Texas who taught both adult basic education (ABE) and public school classes. Each teacher was observed, by means of Flanders' System of Interaction Analysis, for 30 minutes in each teaching situation. Amounts of teacher talk and student talk were determined, as…