The major problem investigated was to assess the effectiveness of an instructional procedure designed to develop skill in questioning, as a teaching technique, by prospective science teachers. Subproblems investigated were to determine: (1) if skill developed during this instructional sequence would transfer to the student teaching experience; and…

A study of effects of teaching Project Physics (PP) on classroom social climates was made among a national random sample of classes. The population, divided into the experimental and control groups, included all classes with the same course, either PP or other physics courses, taught over a period from 1967 to 1970. Classroom climates were…

This program is the 1972 Distinguished Achievement Award Entry from Western Washington State College. This performance-based, field-centered program is located in six Seattle schools (K-12) which are ethnically, socially, and economically mixed. The participants complete the program in 2 quarters and on graduation are issued a provisional…

The differential effects of three values of the nonverbal component of communication on the productivity of inner-city and suburban fourth graders are explored. Eight categories of nonverbal behavior were selected, and an experimental teacher trained to employ them in the classroom, while at the same time enacting either a positive, negative or…

A study of teacher leadership styles and classroom climates in 75 elementary school classrooms shows that teacher task and expressive orientations strongly influence classroom morale. (Author)

The good teacher is a self-aware individual able to remain authentic in an artificial world. (JH)

The training of teachers in the use of six "classroom management schedules" designed to match the behavioral characteristics of various types of students is described. Treatment schedules are detailed, and results of their application by classroom teachers in eight case studies are discussed. (JMF)

This study evaluates vocational teachers and four dimensions of teaching style identified by Tuckman (1974) as creativity, dynamism (dominance plus energy), organized demeanor (organization plus control), and warmth and acceptance. The intent is to find whether supervisor ratings of teaching competency, whether structured or unstructured, in fact…

Presents the personal philosophy and classroom teaching ideas of a first and second year secondary level chemistry instructor. (SL)

The fright and uncertainty they themselves felt in unfamiliar places and situations enable teachers to take back to their classrooms an empathy with students who are ill-adjusted to school. Describes the Live, Learn & Teach program (EJ 144 148) developed by the University of New Hampshire for stimulating teachers' interest in changing fixed…

The author deals with instructional competence and training teachers in the basic teaching skills. He lists 13 general instructional components, which provide guidelines for determining the needs of teaching effectiveness, as well as providing a basis for evaluation. (DS)

The author, now a member of the literature faculty at Sarah Lawrence College, recalls her learning and life experiences with Nadia Boulanger, a pioneer music educator and the first woman to conduct a number of the world's great symphony orchestras. (RK)

A sampling of student views (K-12) of teacher effectiveness in the classroom. (MM)

A university's Teaching Methods Unit collected information from course participants at the end of the course and again four months later. Tabulation of questionnaire results indicated the extent to which and in what areas participants felt the course did have significant impact on their teaching behaviors. (Editor/LBH)

Lecturing, as a means of conveying information is often an inefficient format; learning demands involvement from the learner and behaviors that maximize audience contact and interaction will enhance attention and facilitate learning. (JD)