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Peer reviewedBrooks, Douglas M.; Woolfolk, Anita E. – Elementary School Journal, 1987
This review presents evidence that student nonverbal behavior may be an important component in the formation of teachers' impressions, attitudes, beliefs, and reciprocal behavioral expressions. Results of the studies are considered within the research on impression formation, communication theory, and classroom activity and participation…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Nonverbal Communication
Killian, Joyce; And Others – Computing Teacher, 1986
Describes a naturalistic study of preschool children's interactions with software, peers, and teachers as they explored computers. Results are presented as suggestions for teachers, program planners, and researchers, and address the issue of accommodating individual differences, planning for the role of teachers and aides, and keeping an open…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Interaction, Literature Reviews, Microcomputers
Download full textWhitmer, Sylvia Pratt – 1983
A study was designed to generate a description of 5 elementary school teachers' judgment processes during marking (of 152 students) across a school year. The findings support a model of the marking judgment constructed from the strategies and cues that emerged through analysis of marks, record books, and interviews. The model presents a…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedFabrizi, Michael S.; Pollio, Howard R. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1987
Considers four questions related to humorous activity: What events evoke laughtor and smiling in classrooms and do these events change as children grow older? Are there differences in frequency and type of events produced and appreciated? How do teachers and peers react to humorous events? and What are the other behavior patterns of children who…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, High School Students
Newlon, Betty J.; Arciniega, Miguel – 1983
A study applied and evaluated an inservice model for teacher education based on Alderian techniques. Subjects were 24 elementary school teachers, in a southwestern metropolitan city, who volunteered for an inservice program. Teachers in this experimental group were matched to teachers in a comparison group on the basis of age range, sex,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education
Peer reviewedFerguson, Elizabeth; Houghton, Stephen – Educational Studies, 1992
Presents study results examining the effectiveness of teacher praise on children's on-task behavior. Describes Canter's Assertive Discipline, its use in Australia, and the basics of a study of the technique. Reports that all teacher subjects increased rates of praising following training, and all but one student improved levels of behavior.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Discipline
Bacharach, Samuel B. – 1983
Conceptualizing stress as an interaction of organizational or work characteristics (stress stimuli) and individual characteristics (stress resistance), this paper reports a study of teacher stress in 42 elementary school organizations and 45 secondary school organizations. Organizational stress is operationalized as the aggregate average response…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, High Schools, Multiple Regression Analysis, Organization
