The document contains information presented at a conference session on crucial learning strategies and approaches for Black preschool handicapped children by school personnel involved with the Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, school system. Introductory information is provided on the following topics: speech and language remediation; parent…

The focus of this paper is concerned with the interaction of leadership-learning style preferences, instructional styles, and group dynamics principles involved in classroom communication. The importance of teachers tempering their leadership style and instructional models to facilitate efficient learning for students of different learning styles…

The relationship between the student teaching experience and attitude changes was investigated. Twenty-six student teachers and 41 control-group students responded to a Teaching Attitude Questionnaire both before and after field experience. This questionnaire assessed attitudes toward teaching, levels of anxiety, and imagined feelings as a…

Observational data on six first and second grade teachers were analyzed qualitatively to determine whether any of these teachers provided "assisted learning" during reading instruction. Assisted learning was defined as the teacher's intentional efforts to structure the students' learning experiences so that they could learn more easily.…

The present state of English primary education is depicted in this overview and possible future trends affecting primary schools are indicated. Primary schools in England and Wales are normally those with pupils between 5 to 11 years of age. The term Primary Schools encompasses Infant Schools (for children ages 5 to 7); Junior Schools (ages 7 to…

The relationship between a teacher's human values orientation and individual teaching style is explored. Undergraduate education majors were asked to complete the Teaching Style Q-Sort instrument containing 16 statements about teacher behavior, identifying each as most like or unlike their own style. The subjects were also asked to respond to the…

In an investigation of maternal teaching styles, 162 mothers taught their children two cognitive sorting tasks. Maternal teaching variables examined included language, motivation techniques, ability to interpret child's responses, and success in giving appropriate feedback in return. The effects of teaching styles on children were also analyzed.…

This paper reports on three studies of the changes in teacher effects on student learning and attitudes as a function of teacher practice. Two studies were performed in a tutorial context, the first with 4 tutors and 16 students, the second with 17 tutors and 68 students. The third study used small group instruction with 12 teachers and 288…

Described is a study to determine the degree of relationship between selected classroom and teacher variables and science teaching strategies. The perceived strategies were recorded and measured by the Class Activity Checklist (CAC) which is a modification of the Science Class Activities Checklist (SCAC), (Yeany, 1974). The observed teacher…

In order to investigate the effects of dialect interference on learning to read and the ways teachers accommodate reading instruction for first grade black children, observations and tape recordings were made of reading instruction in fourteen predominantly black classrooms, showing episodes of potential dialect conflict and six teaching styles:…

"Teaching as a Psychological Process" is a field-based psychoeducational teacher education program that is organized around a three-factor model of teaching behavior based on personal style interaction, interpersonal relationship skills, and teaching competencies. These three dimensions of teaching are approached through extensive…

This study extended over two academic years and involved six biology teachers and 199 students in nine slow-learner classes in four high schools. Classroom interaction was observed and recorded, then analyzed using the Flanders System of Interaction Analysis. Teachers were assigned specific roles of maintaining a definite interaction pattern or of…

A Study was conducted to answer two questions: Is the student-perceived ability of white teachers to relate to students a function of the ethnic background of the student group? Are different characteristics of teaching style associated with white teachers' ability-to-relate to student groups of differing ethnic background? Black and white high…

To compare the effectiveness of the traditional and the experimental approaches to Head Start classrooms, 68 children and six teachers in San Francisco participated in an educational experiment. The traditional approach emphasizes the children's internal motivation resulting from spontaneous free play and warm, accepting teachers, while the…

This paper analyzes verbal interactions between teachers and students to determine the speaking and listening skills which a teacher must possess. A simple model of classroom verbal interaction presents four possibilities: a) teacher-initiated conversation, b) pupil-initiated conversation, c) teacher response to pupil, and d) pupil response to…