Four studies are presented which provide evidence for the existence of an interaction effect. From this it is argued that the interaction model is the most appropriate mode of instruction. (RC)

Research Funded by the Central Fund for Research, Pennsylvania State University (Grant (Grant No. 151).

Discusses some ways teachers can better understand their students through interviewing on a one-to-one basis. (CS)

One of the major studies conducted by the Consortium involved examining the inter-relationships of various aspects of teacher and student classroom functioning to determine what happens to a particular class of teacher or student behavior as the quantity and/or quality of other aspects of classroom interaction change. This examination occurred in…

Analysis of verbal interaction between student business teachers and their students provides basis for improving instruction. (MF)

Some suggestions on how teachers can become better facilitators of learning in the classroom by sensitizing their listening skills and increasing their use of divergent questioning techniques. (CS)

Using a specific teaching model as the criterion, three groups of elementary school teachers with differing levels of teaching experience were observed with a microcomputer recorder while teaching in their classroom settings. A step-wise discriminant analysis isolated specific motivational and instructional techniques from the model which produced…

Reveals that (1) it is possible to develop a low per-student-cost computerized verbal category system, (2) teacher behavior was modified and student participation increased, and (3) curriculum investigations suggest that improvement is possible with more experienced coders. (Author)

This study described and analyzed questions that teachers ask their pupils and investigated the teachers' responses to their pupils' answers. An attempt was made to determine if teachers from different grade levels used different question-and-answer techniques during daily classroom interaction. Two hypotheses were investigated: a) no significant…

The author offers reasons and suggestions for using interaction analysis systems for facilitating student interest and learning in music classes. He suggests that conductors are too often authoritarian. The Rehearsal Interaction Observation System is included. (KC)

A discussion of teacher education programs. Discusses various dimensions of college teaching and alternatives to the traditional lecture approach. (BD)

VERBAL INTERACTION BETWEEN TEACHERS AND PUPILS WHEN THEY ARE READING CRITICALLY IS REPORTED. SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE CHILDREN AND 24 TEACHERS FROM SEVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, SERVED AS SUBJECTS DURING THE 9-MONTH INVESTIGATION. TWELVE CLASSES, TWO AT EACH OF THE SIX ELEMENTARY GRADE LEVELS, WERE GIVEN TRAINING IN CRITICAL READING…

This study was undertaken to determine which verbal behaviors teachers value, where they acquired their verbal behaviors, and how they justify them. (JD)

It was concluded that important differences occurred in interaction patterns, but not in pupil affect, when two different curricular organizing strategies were used. (Author)