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Fair, J. W.; And Others – 1980
This study investigated the importance and meaning of the role of observation in teachers' assessment of student achievement. Seven questions were used as a guide by the researchers: 1) What do teachers mean when they rate observation as their most important source of information for assessing student achievement? 2) What role do teachers'…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Expectation, Individual Development
Calder, Mary; And Others – 1979
These case studies of nine elementary school teachers explore possible relationships between teacher mood and supportive instructional behavior. Each case study is presented in three sections. Section One examines the context of the classroom being observed. Included are descriptions of the schools and their environs, characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Coping
Martin, Jeanne; And Others – 1980
Data were collected in a teacher effectiveness study on the interaction of teachers and first grade students while the students participated in reading groups within intact classrooms. The teacher behavior variables were then related to students achievement using three units of analysis: class means, reading group means within classes, and student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary School Teachers
Johnson, Glenn Ross – 1979
The objective of this study was to determine whether there were verbal interaction differences between junior/community college and university settings and among disciplines. Theoretically, student achievement and student attitudes are influenced by the types of verbal interactions taking place within classrooms. Forty-eight different classes…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Interaction
Download full textMergendoller, John R.; And Others – 1981
In open-ended interviews, students characterized their teachers as: mean, hard, easy, good, strict, fun, or nice. Analyses of later student interviews suggested that, when these seventh-grade students conceptualize their teachers, they attend to four major foci: (1) academic work students are expected to complete; (2) teachers' instructional…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Grade 7
Overman, Bette C. – 1980
Teachers and parents of students at the elementary and secondary levels of schooling and students at the secondary level were given a list of school-related problems and asked to indicate whether each was "not a problem," a "minor problem," or a "major problem" at their particular school. Thirteen schools at each level (elementary, junior high,…
Descriptors: Busing, Discipline, Drug Use, Elementary Secondary Education
Rounds, Thomas S.; And Others – 1982
This volume, part of the Junior High School Transition Study which examined students' adjustment to junior high school, reports on findings related to instructional organization in elementary and junior high schools. Chapter 1 presents a brief overview of the project and outlines the theoretical framework used to describe and compare the ways in…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classes (Groups of Students), Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
