An investigation of effects of information processing models on instruction showed that strategy and metacognitive instruction is infrequent in teacher-child interactions; a behavioral paradigm captures most teacher-child interactions; what teachers say and do is discrepant; and content of teacher-child verbal behavior varies minimally between…

This article cites various research studies on matching learning and teaching styles and discusses possible problems of this approach. Several aspects of matching learning and teaching styles are offered for consideration: the effect of teaching on learning, classroom management, and how styles affect classrooms. (DF)

Subject-centered conventional education of teachers in the U.S. should be augmented by the growth open to teachers in the informal and innovative atmosphere of teacher centers that develop talents and confidence in the individual and emphasize the more child-centered view that is held in British schools. (JD)

The rapid growth of instructional technologies has provided college faculty with a vast array of educational resources and learning opportunities (Grasha, 2000; Kagima & Hausafus, 2001). As described in the relevant literature addressing this issue, there are several potential advantages in utilizing instructional technologies to enrich the…

This study investigated differences between college faculty members' and students' perceptions of teaching styles and the extent to which faculty employed different teaching styles for traditional and nontraditional students. The study also examined (1) the relationship between instructors' teaching styles and such instructor demographic variables…

Previous research on small-group collaboration identifies several behaviors that significantly predict student learning. These reports focus on student behavior to understand why, for example, large numbers of students are unsuccessful in obtaining explanations or applying help received, leaving unexplored the role that teachers play in …

The study identifies the particular traits that each of the personality inventories is likely to identify, at least with the specific population of teacher candidates at the University of Utah. (Author)

Analyzes science teaching on the basis of results of an assessment instrument which was administered to 283 preservice elementary teachers immediately following their teaching experience. Indicates that the brightest hope for the future is greatly dependent upon implementation of teacher education in colleges or universities. (CC)

A refutation of the two most common objections to the use of student evaluations in judging teacher performance: that the student cannot recognize good teaching and that student evaluations are biased by grades and expectations. (CH)

The importance of individual differences among preschool teachers in implementing curriculum models is discussed. Interaction between the role expectations associated with a model and individual teacher styles accounts for the variation found within any one model. No matter what model is implemented, teacher variables largely determine degree of…

Early childhood educators have been ignored by their traditionalist'' philosophy and largely excluded from participating in the innovative programs. (DS)

An educational program for a group of predominantly black high school students enrolled in a summer "Upward Bound" program is described. A curriculum based on a learning or "psychobehavioral" perspective and a style of delivery for use with "disadvantaged" students are presented. (Author)

Audiotapes of 44 instances of classroom teaching, ranging from seventh through twelfth grade, were analyzed to find how teachers established relations between items under discussion and concepts already known to the students. Nine such relations were found and are described here. (MM)