Explains flow-chart system and describes its use in a research study which confirmed a negative correlation between self-concept and amount of teacher talk. (RT)

The research conducted in this study was specifically designed to examine the changes in teacher behavior exhibited during student teaching and those behaviors exhibited during the last three weeks of the subjects' first year of teaching. The specific behaviors examined were assessed by the Classroom Observation Record (which included four…

The purpose of this research project was to ascertain the medium (i.e., video tape, audio tape, or regular supervisory feedback) that had the greatest impact in changing the classroom interactive behavior of selected student teachers as measured by Flanders' interaction analysis categories. The study involved three matched groups of student…

Identifies and explains five widespread myths related to the what and how of evaluation in English student teachers. Describes a multiphased cycle or process aimed at helping teachers identify teaching problems, receive data from supervisors, and develop solutions that produce self-directed teachers. (FL)

The purpose of the study was to determine whether differences in verbal interaction existed between study teachers and first, second, and third year teachers with preservice instruction in Flanders Interaction Analysis Categories (FIAC) and a comparison group without such instruction. (TIAC is a system of 10 categories which classifies verbal…

In the "Learning and Teaching" course at the University of Waikato (New Zealand) College of Teacher Education, explorations are being conducted into the advantages of training student teachers to work, on a more genuinely collegial basis, with the college's cooperating teachers. The assumptions and objectives of the course focus on…