This investigation presents information concerning the relationship of stability of teacher behavior to teacher effectiveness and teacher responsiveness to inservice training. (DMT)

Lists the most frequent responses of over 100 experienced elementary and junior high school teachers who were asked to identify their greatest problems in teaching reading; suggested solutions are proposed. (SW)

Based on author's dissertation with the same title, University of Wisconsin. (Editor)

The author contends that well financed educational systems will produce satisfied and well educated students. She is a professor of education at the University of Maryland in College Park and has published extensively in her field. (CK)

Discusses a continuum of approaches to discipline that range from those granting the child maximum freedom or authority to those that emphasize teacher control over children's behavior. (RH)

Researchers studied how one county in Florida responded to a state-mandated Primary Education Program (PREP), which requires school districts to provide early intervention services in kindergarten through third grade. The program concentrates on early diagnosis and prevention of problems. Teachers' and administrators' views of the program are…

Examines the social and educational backgrounds of Indochinese refugee children who have come to the United States since 1975. Discusses problems encountered by students in U.S. schools and suggests ways teachers can cope with cross-cultural communications, shyness, poor pronunciation, and differences in customs, traditions, names, and food…

A model presented here offers a framework within which supervisors can respond to differences in teachers by considering relationships among their personal needs, role expectations, and job behavior. (JM)

A study was conducted to determine the effects on teachers of participation in an interactive research and development project. The project involved classroom teachers, university researchers, and staff developers in collaboratively conducting the research and disseminating the findings. (Author/PP)

This article points out how teachers can create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning through the use of sensitivity, humor, and discipline methods. Techniques for teaching students self-discipline also are discussed, along with 13 recommendations of the Teachers Association of Baltimore County (Maryland) for using school policy,…

The need for a code of ethics for health educators is discussed, and results of a survey of school health educators' opinions on curriculum-related ethical issses are reported. Ethical issues of concern include use of scare tactics, efforts to change behavior and attitudes, and appropriate subject matter. (PP)

A study examined the relationship between teachers' theoretical orientations toward reading and the verbal feedback they give to students during guided oral reading. A major finding is that teachers' beliefs and behavior vary with the instructional situation; that is, teachers hold different beliefs for different student ability groups.…

Documents and journal articles in the ERIC databases are listed which explore relationships between teachers' theoretical orientations and feedback to students during oral reading. Specifically, the research concerns findings from the Theoretical Orientation to Reading Profile, the Propositions about Reading Instruction Profile, and the Feedback…

Researchers used simultaneous feedback, a means of modifying behavior through verbal cues transmitted via a transistorized ear plug, to improve the teaching skills of university faculty engaged in the act of teaching. Faculty identified areas they wished to improve after viewing videotapes of their teaching. (Authors/PP)