This study investigates whether teachers do hold differential expectations for boys and girls in a diverse range of classroom functioning. Major research conducted to date and a study currently underway are reviewed. In sum, this paper hopes to raise a number of important questions for future investigation. Much previous research has investigated…

This paper describes a model that uses interaction analysis as a tool to provide feedback to a teacher in a microteaching situation. The author explains how interaction analysis can be used for teacher improvement, describes the category system used in the model, the data collection methods used, and the feedback techniques found in the model. (JF)

The parish administrative board--the Session--is an interactional group according to the operational definition as advanced by Gibb, Proshansky and Seidenberg. As a group it shares relatively common religious and moral values, as well as institutional goals. The perimeters of the Session's group life are clearly, if not legalistically, defined by…

The present study, part of a larger investigation, attempted to examine the separate and joint effects of succession and effectiveness on administrative processes in laboratory-created 3-level formal organizations. Specifically, the investigation concerned itself with the impact of these two elements on communication relationships between managers…

Human relations units are presented in this guide designed for teachers of secondary grades. The aim is to educate students in the philosophy of humanism. Emphasis is upon social interaction in an attempt to help pupils not only realize their own potential, but moreover, to respond to the needs of others. Each of the four activity units deals with…

The purpose of this paper is to review progress in the development of an instrument by which to study the dimension of teacher-student relationships that can be related to power, and by which to study the contribution of this dimension to the learning climate. Sections of the paper are: Theoretical Basis for an Instrument; Development of an…

An in-depth analysis of a school's home-school-community relations program from the perspective of the school's staff and the citizens within its attendance area was conducted. The study was designed to determine the programmatic and nonprogrammatic activities and to examine the existing relationships between: (1) the operating functions, (2) the…

In this study, twenty 3-day-old Caucasian neonates were observed before and during feeding in an attempt to demonstrate that individual characteristics of infants, such as alertness and social behaviors, are related to the interaction of mothers and infants during feeding situations. Ten of the infants were males, 10 were females; approximately 70…

The major research question in this report is the extent to which family membership disability affects the magnitude of internal family interaction. Other research foci addressed here are: the relationship that exists between parental-nonparental or husband-wife positional locations of disabled family members and the magnitude of internal family…

Teachers should find it of value to become more cognizant of the degree to which they communicate awareness of subjectivity since the more accepting the socioemotional climate of the classroom, the greater will be the opportunity for expanded thinking, sharing of differing points of view, and learning in general. This awareness could be determined…

The relationship between classroom participation and student self concept is examined. This study tests the degree to which high and low participators differ in perception of (1) their own status with their peers, (2) their academic status, (3) their interest in studying and (4) dimensions of teacher consideration, teacher stress on subject, and…

This study was designed to examine the reinforcing contingencies of parents toward specific child behaviors, and at the same time to try to determine if the sex of the child performing the behavior influences the reaction of the parent. A total of 24 white families with only one child between the ages of 20 and 24 months participated in the study.…

This paper summarizes the findings of a series of studies on the effects of "ecological variables" on mother-father-sibling-infant interactions. Under consideration were: (1) the effects of stress on the parental preferences of young infants; (2) the effects of the presence of one parent on the interactions within the other parent-infant dyad; (3)…

This paper contains the major comparative findings of an investigation undertaken to survey and precisely describe a number of classroom behaviors occurring within the Kindgom of Nepal and to determine how those behaviors differed from comparable U.S. classroom behaviors. Comparisons were made using the Beeby taxonomy of educational stages and…

Investigated are the multidimensional differences in freshman perceptions and experience of the academic and nonacademic aspects of college associated with varying amounts of informal contact with faculty. Discriminant analysis indicated that factor dimensions, termed Interest Value and Practical Appeal, best distinguished between groups of…