A step-by-step outline of recommended procedures is presented for a performance based evaluation system for teachers in Missouri. Four general performance areas form the basis for the system: (1) instructional processes; (2) classroom management; (3) interpersonal relationships; and (4) professional responsibilities. Nineteen specific,…

This paper compares three analyses of stimulated-recall data gathered in interviews with 24 elementary school teachers who were reporting their interactive decision making (IDM). Two analyses were quantitative--one an experimental design, the other a content analysis--and one was qualitative. The experimental study found that teachers' reflection…

Reports have shown that our nation's school teachers have neither the knowledge nor interest in educational research and tend to shy away from its findings. The author suggests that this problem can be minimized if CBTE programs would include activities designed to develop skills for interpreting and applying research findings. (Editor/RK)

Describes the use of group dynamics in a junior high school science classroom as a means of dealing with problems associated with the heterogeneous nature of the student population. (JR)

The extension of the instructional programming process, as outlined by Markle and Tiemann (1967), to the treatment of psychiatric in-patients is described. Three case studies are presented as examples of the application of the programming procedures as derived from the Constructional Model of Dr. Israel Goldiamond. The emphasis throughout all…

The term "teaching behaviors" is defined; categories of behaviors are identified; and, within these categories, taxonomies of teaching behaviors useful in facilitating the goals of values awareness instruction are examined. A teaching behavior is defined as a word, set of words, or some nonverbal actions used by the teacher to have some specified…

Four sections of introductory psychology were involved in a study of aptitude-treatment interactions. Two sections were taught with a high-structure curriculum, and two with a low-structure curriculum. Students' preference for structure was measured with the Inventory of Beliefs (IOB). During eight weeks of instruction, observers recorded…

In order to determine the most effective clinical teaching behaviors for small group settings, investigators at the Universities of North Carolina and Alabama factor analyzed student questionnaire responses and identified several behaviors and factors in six teaching dimensions. Procedures and results are reported including recommendations for…

Presented are case studies of three trainable retarded five to ten year-old children who learned basic sight vocabulary, letter and number recognition, and task attention through highly structured contingency management techniques. (CL)

The research on teacher effectiveness that is reviewed in this paper focuses on teaching as behaving--the observable aspects of teaching--and teaching as thinking--the inner aspects of teaching. The section on teaching as behaving emphasizes the encouraging results of direct instruction (academically focused, teacher-directed classrooms using…

Students in a study skills class at City University of New York keep a journal as a regular record of the process of their learning to be college students: studying, attending classes and lectures, taking notes, navigating textbooks, and preparing for tests. They make four entries per week, one for each class, each focusing on detailed, concrete…

A self regulation package was used to teach self control skills to eight learning disabled (LD) and two nonLD adolescents in an experimental high school setting. Students had histories of noncompliance and were described as nonfunctional in their previous schools. Treatment consisted of behavior contracting, self recording, self monitoring, and…

An exploratory study was conducted to identify the characteristics and behaviors related to effective instruction in an urban community college. The 30 instructors selected for the study taught introductory courses in biology, English, mathematics, or social sciences at the City Colleges of Chicago. All had exceptionally high levels of student…