Although peer feedback is highly valued in the feedback process, the specific contribution of feedback providers in this process remains unclear. In this qualitative multiple-case study, the primary focus was to explore the contribution of feedback providers and the benefits they obtained through online peer micro-teaching practices. The study…

This paper reports on how the cognitive, behavioural and affective communication competencies of undergraduate students were developed using an online Video Reflection system. Pre-service teachers were provided with communication scenarios and asked to record short videos of one another making presentations. Students then uploaded their videos to…

This report gives an account of the Swedish part of an international transfer project with the aim of adapting teacher training systems based on microteaching for use in member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. An American minicourse, "Effective Questioning," was adapted to and tested for Swedish teacher…

This article selectively reviews cognitive research on computer programing and suggests how it could be used to open new avenues of research in the fields of teacher education and instructional supervision. (Author/IAH)

In order to compare the differences in cognitions of experienced and beginning teachers, the perceptions of six experienced teachers, six student teachers, and six probationer teachers (in their first year of teaching after college training) were studied at various times during the course of a school year, using a variety of methods (interview,…

A study measured both short- and long-term effects of an educational workshop designed for teachers in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion, Israel. Participants were 60 volunteer faculty members who were randomly assigned to one of eight multidisciplinary groups for the 4-day workshop, which aimed at improving teachers' instructional…

A factorial design with 48 student teachers (40 were enrolled in the author's Social Studies Curriculum course at the University of California) was used to study the effect of a Social Studies curriculum course, self-confrontation on videotape, videotape-coding practice, and Guided Self-Analysis (GSA) upon the nature of teachers questions, teacher…

Discovery of which learner characteristics or aptitudes interact with different methods of instruction is the objective of this research study. A model is used to match the cognitive, motivational, value, and sensory orientations of the student with forms of presentation considered compatible with characteristics of the learner. Description of the…

This bibliography of references used in the preparation of the nine Office of Education-funded model teacher education programs (ED 025 456-7, ED 025 490, ED 025 491-2, ED 025 495; ED 026 301-2, ED 026 305-31, ED 027 283, ED 027 284, ED 027 285-7, and SP 002 907) contains 1,372 entries published between 1916 and the present. Entries are divided…