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Download full textSchneider, Carol; And Others – Innovation Abstracts, 1983
A research project identified five clusters of behaviorally-grounded competencies that distinguished effective teachers and mentors from average ones. Effective faculty members: (1) were student-centered; (2) believed that learning is a highly valuable activity; (3) were sensitive to the needs of their adult students and established situations…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Research, Higher Education, Mentors
Gabriel, Dennis – Review of Research in Developmental Education, 1987
The body of folk wisdom and research on the characteristics of successful developmental educators indicates, among other findings, that: (1) the single most important factor influencing learning is not the teacher but what the learner already knows; (2) excellence in teaching involves a genuine concern for students; (3) successful instructors are…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Developmental Studies Programs, Postsecondary Education, Remedial Instruction
Geske, Terry G. – Executive Review, 1981
To help administrators improve school efficiency in a time of financial constraints, this document reviews research on school productivity, points out possible improvements suggested by the research, and discusses several problems in measuring school costs and effectiveness. The author first explains the analytical concepts of school productivity,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Input Output Analysis
Ericksen, Stanford C. – 1978
Aspects of the lecture that make it come across well, requirements for learning in the classroom, and selected findings from an instructor-designed questionnaire that includes student evaluations of instruction are discussed. Lecturing teachers need to talk with credibility and enthusiasm and to prepare the substance of the presentation, the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement
Gleason, Maryellen – AAHE Bulletin, 1986
Issues concerning student evaluation of instruction are addressed. Answers to the following questions are provided: Are students in a position to identify the factors that make instruction effective? Do they know what makes teaching good? If ratings are high, does that mean students are learning more? Is there a relationship between instructor…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students
Pollio, Howard R. – Teaching/Learning Issues, 1991
This pamphlet explores the results of a study concerning what expert lecturers are aware of during their lectures. Results of interviews with seven college lecturers, recipients of university teaching awards, are reported, as are summary evaluations of each professor's classroom where an audio tape was made of that day's lecture. Each evaluation…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Classroom Communication, College Faculty, Higher Education
Powell, William R.; Bolduc, Elroy J. – 1979
This report identifies the school variables (facilities, materials, equipment, class size, time, and scheduling) and teacher competencies that contribute to achievement in the basic skills. Gleaned from a literature review, the opinions of experts, research data, and identified student outcomes, the materials that accomplish the two goals are…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Handwriting Skills
McGuire, John – Leadership Abstracts, 1993
Over the past 2 decades community colleges have developed an increasing reliance on the use of part-time faculty, generally rationalizing the practice as an important strategy for saving money and maintaining flexibility. Critics have seen the extensive use of part-timers as a disturbing trend, and several groups have attempted to set limits on…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Part Time Faculty, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance
Overall, Jesse U., IV; Marsh, Herbert W. – AAHE Bulletin, 1982
Recent research (1978-1982) on student evaluations of teaching is reviewed, including: influence of background variables pertaining to the student, the teacher, and the learning environment; the dimensions of the teaching being evaluated; the validity of students' evaluations; the "Doctor Fox" effect and its implications for validity; the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Research, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Hackler, George, Ed. – The New Campus, 1982
Ten articles on continuing professional education are presented. Titles and authors are as follows: "Merging Continuing Education and Inservice Teacher Education: A Concept Worth Exploring" (Alvah M. Kilgore); "Ablative Absolute Continuing Education, Ignorance Flees" (Ben J. Wiens); "Humanize! Individualize! Personalize!…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Cognitive Style, Extension Education
Bain, Helen Pate; Jacobs, Roseanne – Streamlined Seminar, 1990
The impact of class size reduction at the early levels on student achievement in various states is discussed in this report. The Tennessee Student Teacher Achievement Ratio (STAR) study, a statewide longitudinal evaluation of the effects of class size on student achievement and development in primary grades K-3, analyzed demographic and basic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral disserations. The 19 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) an instructional program for enhancing teachers' knowledge of resources in children's literature; (2) behaviors indicating teacher enthusiasm; (3) the "relate"…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Doctoral Dissertations
Dunn, Judy; And Others – Research Roundup, 1987
A one-page introduction is followed by summaries of articles and documents on teacher competency testing. George F. Madaus argues that, although tests serve some useful functions, treating them as a major mechanism for reforming education is questionable. Peter A. Garcia examines the negative impact of testing on minority teachers and minorities…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Practices
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 11 titles deal with the following topics: (1) the relation between classroom communication and teacher personality; (2) a survey of speech programs in Texas community colleges; (3) improving student responses by training teachers…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Classroom Communication, Communication Research, Communication Skills
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1981
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 21 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) a teacher training packet for fifth and sixth grade reading teachers, (2) the relationship of intellectual and nonintellectual variables to performance on the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Annotated Bibliographies, Black Dialects, Content Area Reading
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