Suggests that future teachers need to develop self-analysis skills before their internships and actual teaching experiences. Offers a model of peer teaching and evaluation that helps teacher education students develop such skills. (RL)

In this series of studies, successful teaching practices in mathematics were identified through naturalistic study and an in-service program and model mathematics lesson developed. The in-service training, tested with 40 volunteer teachers in an urban school district, was effective in increasing student mathematics achievement. (SJL)

Presents abbreviated abstracts of selected documents from the 1979-81 issues of "Resources in Education." Covers the following categories: research studies; analysis systems for the classroom; nonverbal communication in the library; nonverbal deception studies; and teaching nonverbal communication. (PD)

Transcriptions of 156 recordings of teacher/child interactions were analyzed and teacher verbal moves were described as pedagogical, asides, or providing feedback. The pedagogical moves were subdivided into areas concerned with welfare, directions, providing words, word recognition, phonics, and comprehension. (MKM)

Reviews research relating teacher flexibility to teaching effectiveness and presents results of a survey of adult students' perceptions of flexibility and its effect on their own learning. (SK)

Teachers are in constant search of new and better methods for bringing learning experiences to their students. A model to assist the teacher in selecting different classroom teaching methods defines the purpose of schooling, the learning process, and the learner and selects an appropriate and compatible teaching method. (JN)

A summary of the results of three studies, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, is given. Findings related to content, instructional organization and style, and teacher factors are discussed. (MK)

Investigators observed time usage and teacher statements in 26 Chicago high schools and found a lower rate of time loss and a higher rate of positive comments by teachers in higher achieving schools. (Editor)

Teachers'"inflight" decisions were investigated by recording those cues in the classroom to which teachers responded. Through stimulated recall interviews, it was found that the cues teachers noticed and based decisions upon were global and tended to adhere closely to the traditional recitation model of teaching. (Author/JKS)

The information processing of teaching was investigated in a case study, comparing the behavior and cognition of ten elementary school teachers. Data indicated that the amount of discrepancy between teaching plan and classroom reality was a critical variable in the information processing of teachers. (JKS)

A roomful of activity--book nook, mini-cinema, creature features--provides an effective and delightful mix of reading and science skills. (Editor)

Within the last few years a "new wave" of therapeutic techniques for teaching the mentally retarded has emerged in this country. Describes how the behavior of two demonstration groups of mentally retarded children utilize the accomodations of role playing and behavior modification to develop social skills. (Author/RK)

Explicates how teachers' control over classroom discourse patterns during teaching-learning activities influences the types of knowledge children create and acquire. Examines the relationship between two types of teacher-child discourse commonly used in early childhood classrooms and the semiotic tools children appropriate through participation in…

Reports on a study of seven experienced secondary school writing teachers in Victoria, Australia. Focuses on how their own writing or lack of writing affects their teaching practices and effectiveness. Finds that the issue of becoming an effective writing teacher is more complex than the seemingly straightforward prescription that writing teachers…

Relates how two elementary school teachers were part of a research group that met one day a week at their schools to learn about the "hypothesis-test" process. Discusses the philosophical underpinnings of the approach and describes the four-step recursive process itself, consisting of observations, interpretations, hypothesis, and curricular…