Three secondary school teachers (A, B, and C) participated in a study to determine if teachers use a repeating pattern of verbal instructional techniques and if there are common instructional patterns among teachers. Sixteen observation records of interaction sequences for each teacher showed that teacher A exhibited the most complex system of…

The study is concerned with the problem of determining stimulus discrimination thresholds in non-human vertebrates. In constrast to conventional methods of teaching differentiation of various stimuli by fixed reinforcement schedules, stimulus discrimination threshold determination is related to a teaching system that adjusts to continuously…

The purpose of this project is to present the results of the authors efforts to analyze classroom discourse into strategies. The source of data used in this investigation is the same as that which was used in the previous study of the logic of instruction. It consists of recorded classroom discourse at the high school level including grades nine…

This latest in a series of studies (of conditions which support creative problemsolving activity of gifted children) attempted to assess the immediate impact of an inservice training program to promote inductive and nondirective teaching behaviors. Subjects were 160 teachers (124 who participated in the training program and 36 constituting a…

This paper defines "confluent education" as the integration of the affective and cognitive elements and discusses the complications of over-emphasizing either the affective or cognitive aspect to the detriment of the other. The author presents an overview of techniques in affective learning and suggests ways to integrate such techniques into…

Task variation is an instructional procedure that increases the motivation and learning of students with disabilities through two key components: (1) presenting different types of instructions (rather than the same task repeatedly) and (2) ensuring a level of student competence by also presenting tasks that have been mastered previously. (CB)

The Teaching Interaction approach, a 10-step procedure designed to help regular and special education students learn appropriate social and school-related behaviors, is a positive approach to discipline and can be used by any member of an educational staff. Interactions begin with an expression of affection and incorporate descriptions of the…

Discusses how children learn to share, gives three examples of children's sharing behavior, and raises issues concerning the teaching of sharing skills. (RH)

Logic and deductive thinking as well as formal and precise language characterize mathematics as a powerful tool in scientific and technological development as it offers conceptual elements that represent reality phenomena. Thus, teaching mathematics in higher education aims at developing forms of behavior or cognitive competency related to the…

This textbook is designed to present to its readers a few examples from the work of the English novelist Charles Dickens and to develop in them a profound interest in his varied writings. Preceding each selection is a note on the book from which the extract has been taken. With some abridgments, the author's diction has been carefully followed. In…

Fourteen mathematical questions which students have asked are listed; details of the procedures used by students in answering one of the questions are provided as a model for instructional techniques. (DT)

A class originally is a group of individuals. With a skilled teacher-leader, the non-voluntary nature of membership in the group can be overcome, equality of members achieved, and common goals determined. Techniques important to successful group formation include tone setting, structuring, blocking, linking, supporting, reflecting, and…