The role of a teacher is that of a person who must deal with the socio-emotional demands of a system; foremost in this is the teacher-student relationship. To gauge the differences between secondary and elementary school teachers in these relationships, a revised version of the Problem Analysis Questionnaire (1960) was used. Eighty-one teachers,…

This study was designed to assess the effectiveness of three treatments for encouraging and training prospective elementary science teachers in the use of inductive/indirect strategies in science teaching. Subjects were randomly assigned to one of four treatment groups: (1) Strategy Analysis Level - subjects were trained in science teaching…

This article reports on research instruments administered to junior high school students from Australia, Ohio, and Tennessee studying student responses to descriptions of selected teacher behaviors relating to teacher clarity. Two primary and two secondary factors that relate to teacher clarity are identified. (JMF)

Study indicates that certain personality characteristics are associated with higher instructor-student evaluations. Generally, the extraverted teacher receives higher ratings in many content areas. There was no support for the prediction that the student evalution of an instructor would be more positive if the personalities of both were similar.…

This is the first of several articles to highlight outstanding teachers. It presents a profile of Grier Yoder, graphic arts teacher and chairman of the vocational education department at Hunter Huss High School, Gastonia, North Carolina. Included in the profile are his development of facilities and students, and his many awards. (MF)

Differing world views and cultural expectations affect how teachers and students relate to one another. (Author)

How teachers do what they do is the heart of the "silent curriculum." Research studies show how interpersonal relationships with students can be taught to teachers, and how teachers can change as a result. (Author/MLF)

The degree to which achievement motivation can be increased is strongly dependent upon the quality of teacher-child interactions. This study uses the Responsive Classroom Observation Schedule to measure those interactions, essential for developing a healthy student self-concept, which in turn is an essential component of the motivation to achieve.…

Experimental teachers receiving feedback concerning teaching skill were more effective than control teachers in controlling their own behavior and reducing learner inattention. The experimental teachers were also more effective in their ability to diagnose more often, to employ appropriate diagnostic procedures, and to assist students in mastering…

Presented is a review of past research on the effects of teacher behavior on student achievement and attitudes, along with implications for special education programs. (DLS)

Teaching styles in New Zealand and Queensland, Australia, are considered within the framework of basic value orientations--industrial, social, academic, and humanistic. (Editor/RK)

Learning and teaching styles are discussed, the relationship between pedagogical theory and teaching methodology is described, and ways of organizing the educational process to take into account individual variation are specified. (Author/DB)

Describes the structural characteristics of instructinal tasks and their influence on the types of control teachers exercise. Attempts to detail the relationships between task organization and leadership behavior in the classroom setting. (Author/RK)

The long maintained tenet that vocational agriculture teachers are overall a contented group with high moral was not supported by a study examining the relationship between Virginia first-year agricultural education teachers' morale and their classroom behavior. The methodology, results, summary, and implications are reported in this article. (BM)

Results of this experiment indicate that negative first impressions of a teacher have a significant effect upon the classroom climate. (RW)