A study was conducted to analyze the attitudes and English teaching methods of some Japanese teachers of English in secondary schools in Japan. Questionnaires were sent to 50 junior high teachers and 50 high school teachers of English as a second language (ESL). The data analysis is based on responses from 20 junior high teachers and 32 high…

The purpose of the research reported in this paper -- (1) to describe in general terms the teaching of English as a foreign language in Finnish secondary schools, (2) to define method as it relates to language teaching and to develop an instrument to measure method as a quantitative value or a point on a continuum, and (3) to evaluate the…

The Teacher Questionnaire was designed to provide demographic information about the teacher, information on the school organizational climate, information about instructional and classroom management practices, and a measure of the teacher's verbal facility. Section 1 contains 23 items identifying specific teacher traits and characteristics (sex,…

The purpose of this study was to determine the present status and nature of the basic speech-communication course designed primarily for classroom teachers. Questionnaires were sent to 137 schools that appeared to offer the type of course under study. From the results of the survey, 94 courses were included in the study. Compilation and analysis…

To identify factors that caused the majority of students at Los Angeles City College to prefer the traditional lecture-discussion approach to the media approach, questionnaires were administered to students in three courses--three media and two traditional. Over 200 usable questionnaires were returned. Because of scheduling variations and other…

This document comprises a response to a UNESCO questionnaire submitted to the National Advisory Council on Adult Education. It is divided into the following sections: (1) The Relation of Adult Education to Economic, Social and Political Objectives, a section which emphasizes that the best long-range solution to the problems of society and the…

This paper reports on the use of a broad ranging questionnaire in an undergratue marriage class. Since being developed in 1975, the questionnaire has been administered in class during the first week of each semester and the findings integrated into lectures and discussions of most major topics throughout the course. (Author)

Commissioner P. P. Claxton issued a questionnaire to 2,500 teachers, selected through the administrative officers of large city systems asking for the games and exercises which the teachers used in correcting the classes of errors which are given as chapter headers in this bulletin. Detailed responses were received from some 500 teachers. The…

Simulation games were introduced at a community college in Kalamazoo and students became more personally involved while, at the same time, increasing their learning abilities. (RK)

Investigates the extent to which individually guided education (IGE) and non-IGE teachers consider student characteristics when making instructional decisions. (Author/MP)

Provides a self-rating scale for reading teachers, based on ten characteristics of effective reading teachers. A discussion of each item is given. (MKM)

Describes results of a study which examined the interests of secondary students in certain aspects of physics and technology. Presents results on the mean number of student choices of theoretical and practical topics and student preferences for type of physics lesson. Examines student residence and spare-time interests as variables. (GS)