The Behaviors of Learning and Teaching Continuum (BLT) defines key characteristics of student and adult learning and teaching practice within Linked Learning pathways. It illustrates how these behaviors and actions might be observed both inside and beyond the classroom.

This document is a transcript of the videotape commentaries accompanying Chapters 1 to 5 in "Evaluating and Improving Teaching Performance: Inservice Kit." With the exception of material from chapter 1, the commentary is delimited to teaching effectiveness. Hence, the content lends itself to a program that focuses on the development of knowledge…

This module, developed by the Research Applications for Teaching (RAFT) project, was written to assist students to write lesson plans that are effective and interactive. Students are given directions for the preparation of behavioral objectives and for the selection of appropriate instructional methodologies to meet the widely varying needs of…

The emphasis in this manual is on effective teaching, how to recognize it, and how to coach the teacher in the implementation of effective teaching skills. A major focus is on continous professional development for teachers; suggestions and procedures for this development are presented. The learning kit is comprised of five chapters, all of which…

This handbook, developed for use in a microteaching laboratory, presents information on: (l) the history of microteaching; (2) research supporting microteaching; (3) advantages of microteaching; (4) teaching skill clusters (response repertoire, questioning skills, creating student involvement, increasing student participation, presentation…

This module, developed by the Research Applications for Teaching (RAFT) project, was written to introduce the preservice teacher to the research base for effective teaching. Particular attention was given to the characteristics of teachers and teaching found in research literature to be associated with achievement and the development of positive…

This module, developed by the Research Applications for Teaching (RAFT) project, introduces the undergraduate student to practices of teachers in effective schools which facilitate the climate for learning in the classroom. Used with Canter's materials on assertive discipline, the preservice teachers should have an opportunity to reflect carefully…

Maintains that there is nothing more relevant in the lives of middle school students than being caught up in the competitive spirit of a game. Describes the use of a football-type classroom game as a methodology for helping students plan for a unit test. Includes game objectives and step-by-step instructional procedures. (CFR)

The first section of this handbook for student teachers offers advice on the behavior and protocols that should be observed by a student teacher approaching the first assignment to a school. In the second, classroom techniques are discussed, e.g., communication with students, classroom discipline, and planning. The third section deals with…

Presents secondary lessons on population growth and the social factors that influence it. Provides a simulation scenario in which students decide whether or not to raise the marital age or develop other population control policies. Includes charts, cartoons, and student work sheets. (CFR)

The purpose of this Child Development Associate (CDA) training module, one of a series of 18, is to teach trainees methods for guiding children's behavior to foster positive growth and development. Early sections of the module stipulate the module's competency-based objectives, define terms and suggest a procedure by which trainees can evaluate…

Offers annotated citations for several recent ERIC documents concerning how children think and learn and how those involved with them can assist in the development of these processes. (RH)

Offers four surveys for teacher self evaluation that present recommendations for relating to students in a positive manner; preventing student misbehavior; handling student discipline situation; and providing classroom leadership. Discusses ways to use these self evaluation surveys. (SR)

This manual was developed for use of participants in 10 workshops that were designed to help teachers to identify and overcome sex and ethnic bias. The workshops provide a framework for consideration of the often subtle ways that bias may be an inherent element in textbooks, instructional materials, and teachers' attitudes and behaviors.…

In this module, the behavior of secondary school physical education teachers is examined in three areas: modeling, language, and class management and instruction. The objective of the module is to enable teachers to identify behaviors which perpetuate sex-role stereotyping and to select and use language which is not sex biased. Exercises accompany…