This study focuses on the systematic study of verbal behavior patterns of college elementary education student teaching supervisors in dyadic conferences with student teachers and cooperating teachers. The major research problem of the study concerned the possible differences in the verbal behavior patterns of college supervisors while interacting…

This study concerns student teachers' views of the behavior of supervisors during the school practice periods in two Finnish Teachers' Colleges. It is divided into four parts. In part one, the structure of the behavior of supervisors as assessed by student teachers is analyzed, and the concepts used to describe the behavior are defined. Part two…

The expanding complexities of American society and the demands placed upon educating American youth are causing the trainers of teachers to give increasing attention to developing innovative methods for improving teacher education. Since there is a lack of information concerning cognitive processes in the classroom and the effects of cognitive…