Presents an essentially Bloomfieldian approach to language and language teaching; sees the concept of language as interplay between stimuli and reactions as the basis of a wholly creditable system of teaching, a tremendous number of textbooks, and a large number of language courses." (FB)

Describes use of participant observation in a preschool setting, reporting findings on children's sociodramatic play, roles children assign adults, children's perceptions of teacher-directed organization and activities, children's spontaneous conversations, and individual learning differences and styles. Points out implications of such…

Twenty-one classroom guidelines are listed for the benefit of student and first-year music teachers. (AM)

Describes an alternative method for using live animals in the classroom. A toy dog, the "Trail Tracker Hound Dog" (manufactured by CPG Products Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio), is used to encourage development of such skills as observation, hypothesis testing, and collection and analysis of scientific data. (Author/JN)

A teacher recalls her experiences with three "Unteachable" students and concludes that for a little while, at least, some well-known principles of teaching and theories of learning made a difference in the lives of real students. (Author/WD)

The school is a unique environment in which the tenets of behavioral, humanistic, and cognitive-developmental psychology can merge. A synthesized model that guides educators toward the application of behavioral, humanistic, and cognitive-developmental techniques is greatly needed. (CJ)

Data were collected from 173 public school and college teachers who taught both adults and children. When teaching adults, teachers appear to emphasize learner-centered behaviors and deemphasize controlling behaviors. Teaching differences were related to perceived differences between adults and pre-adults on learning-related characteristics.…

Describes the Science Activity Teaching model, which incorporates five teacher managerial behaviors into a model with these subcomponents: focus activity, student instructions, student group activity, synthesizing, and evaluation. This plan provides for the development of fate control, language formation, and social skills. (CS)

Health educators need to assist students in becoming more effective peer educators so that they can provide accurate information and advice concerning health and safety behavior to their peers. An effective peer education technique is role modeling, in which a peer imitates the meritorious behavior of the peer educator. (JN)

Presents a model for a creative art lesson which uses a mediational approach to modifying creative behaviors. Students learn vicariously through first observing a model demonstrate the complete learning experience. (Author/SJL)

Presented are vignettes about six special children and how they were helped by their teachers. The children's problems included physical handicaps, learning disabilities, and interpersonal/emotional difficulties. (SJL)

Four models of teaching methods are presented: social interaction, information processing, affective instruction, and behavior modification. The need for adapting these models to individual students is explored. (JD)

Common beliefs about children and school mathematics are presented and discarded. New and different ways of approaching mathematics instruction are then reviewed. Five rules for teaching are included.