Follows 10 beginning teachers from their last year of preservice education into their first three years of teaching. Describes how these teachers appropriated a set of pedagogical tools for teaching writing. Suggests teachers drew on pedagogical tools introduced during teacher education to develop their classroom practice, and these tools were…

Investigates the relationships between five junior high school teachers' personal approaches to literature and their teaching of literature. Suggests that pedagogically useful knowledge exists in these five teachers' personal approaches to literature but that institutional constraints and the teachers' lack of a theoretical framework for literary…

Presents instructional strategies designed to maximize cohesion and minimize conflict in collaborative writing groups. Argues that an understanding of sources of conflict, conflict management strategies, and group processes allows productive and creative group energy to be channeled into effective business writing. (RS)

Effects of self-monitoring on generalization and maintenance of conversational skills (asking directed and nondirected questions and answering directed questions) of two mentally retarded women was examined. Following addition of self-monitoring to training programs, skills were maintained for six months including the untrained behavior of…

This paper presents an outline of questions intended to help teachers analyze their classroom behavior management methods and styles. The questions focus on ways in which teachers can prevent negative behaviors, keep students on task, deal with developing behavior problems, and practice effective classroom management. (PB)

Students' self-testing experiences and the proper use of reinforcement by teachers are components of the ongoing process to shape fitness behaviors during the school years and beyond. (IAH)

Students' understanding of leisure behavior models may be enhanced when the model is presented graphically as a carousel. Leisure behavior is influenced by a multitude of factors, each of which is represented by a part of the carousel. (IAH)

Presents five steps to understanding and assessing Huckleberry Finn's decision-making process: (1) determining options; (2) describing the "system" of thinking that justifies one option over another; (3) observing which option is chosen; (4) determining how that supporting "system" rationalizes choice; and (5) assessing whether…

Students with learning disabilities and behavior problems need instruction designed to increase active thinking and questioning skills. Described methods for teaching these skills include T. Raphael's question-answer relationships, A. Hahn's questioning strategy, reciprocal teaching, and the "ReQuest" procedure. Practice activities for…

Argues that behaviorally disordered students can benefit from the use of newspapers in their formal instruction. Presents a series of teaching suggestions for affective development, daily living, and vocational awareness including: categorizing, cause and effect, use of graphs, and arithmetic skills. (RS)

Asserts that members of cartels have tremendous incentives to cheat on production limits to maximize profits. Describes a classroom activity in which grading an examination using a "curve" permits students to establish "cartels." Provides instructions on how the activity is used in the classroom. (CFR)

Discusses how preservice teachers in a reading methods course investigated the prevalence of round-robin reading in 72 elementary classrooms. Finds that the majority of the teachers used round-robin reading. Notes that the preservice teachers became acutely aware of what really goes on during round robin reading. Discusses five alternatives to…

Discusses Maria Montessori's approach to educating and caring for young children, focusing on her early experiences with poor tenement children in 1907 and the development of the Montessori Method of exploratory, child-centered learning. Argues that children do not have an inner spiritual hunger but are themselves the essence of spirituality,…

Intervention with students having attention disorders must focus on specific identified needs. Sample behavioral and cognitive descriptors are listed to help teachers operationalize principles of diagnostic/prescriptive teaching and plan appropriate interventions. A variety of behavioral and academic interventions are briefly explained. (DB)

Observation of 20 teachers from mainstreamed preschool programs found that teachers engaged in many roles (including instructor, monitor, coplayer, entertainer, observer, behavior manager, materials manager, caregiver, and unavailable) and switched roles frequently. A model is proposed for assessing teachers' roles when planning how to embed…