Affectionately remembers a college professor and his particular approach to poetry reading and discourse. Refers to a Sufi tale regarding teaching and learning to demystify previous philosophical and pedagogical confusion. (JK)

This article reviews two decades of research on clarity of teachers' presentations in order to see if the promise of clarity as an effective teacher behavior in early research was justified and to evaluate whether claims have materialized. (Author/MT)

This study measured the effect of an eclectic instructional approach on psychomotor skills achievement of 156 junior high school students when implemented in lieu of the teacher's preferred instructional style. The eclectic approach produced higher scores in nine of twelve tests and showed insignificant gains in the other three tests. (MT)

Describes recent findings on lecturing styles derived from study of 258 lecturers in two English universities. Factor analysis yielded six scales for identifying approaches to lecturing. Subsequent cluster analysis yielded five distinctive types of lecturing styles. Styles were associated significantly with subject matter, marginally with status,…

A detailed description of one teacher's use of error analysis charts which point out weak spots in the transcription skills of individual students. (HD)

There are many classifications of management teachers today. Each has his style, successes, and faults. Some of the more prominent are: the company man, the mamagement technician, the man of principle, the evangelist, and the entrepreneur. A mixture of these classifications would be ideal since each by itself has its faults. (DS)

Results of a study of the effects of negative criticism indicated that group criticism reduces the cognitive performance of college students. (DR)

Because of their traditional attitudes towards education, the Saskatchewan school superintendents place greater emphasis on characteristics that typify the organized teacher rather than the creative one. (Author/MF)

Proposes changes in correcting the distorted image that many students have of science. Teachers should communicate some of the excitement, beauty, and uncertainty of the subject. Identified three styles of teaching changes: remove harshness and sterility, emphasize verb sense (dynamics) of science, and reduce quantity of material presented to…

The use of modern equipment to teach students is an extermely efficient way of utilizing the teacher's time to its maximum potential. (CK)