This document is a brochure published by the South St. Paul Public Schools describing some of the results of a questionnaire-survey of over 200 teachers in Minnesota using Sullivan's Programmed Reading in the primary grades. The brochure is composed of (1) an introductory section which discusses the premise of programmed reading; namely, the…

The final report presents the findings of an evaluation project set up to obtain reactions to the farm training program in Wisconsin from trainees and instructors. Two hundred and fifty farmers were selected for personal interviews on their respective farms. Each interview session lasted approximately 50 minutes. Data were obtained from the…

One hundred and forty-four strategies and techniques on motivation and discipline in the vocational classroom are listed in the document. The items were generated and subsequently ranked by 130 vocational educators from the 50 States using the Delphi Technique. The total ranking of all items is presented in table 1. The items, grouped into common…

This study used a classroom interaction system to code three 20-minute episodes in each of 40 elementary classrooms. The procedure was followed in October and again in May. An analysis was made to investigate the relationships between aspects of teacher praise and student participation in classroom discussions. Findings indicated that (a) praise…

This study (condensed from an unpublished doctoral dissertation, "Teacher-Child Interaction: A Study of the Relationships between Child-Initiated Questions and Nursery School Teacher Behavior," Wayne State University, 1966) examines the teaching and learning processes set in motion when four-year-old children question their teachers in nursery…

To test the impact of video feedback on teachers' eye-contact mannerisms in microteaching in inservice vocational teacher education, the study utilized video recordings from the data bank generated by previous studies conducted at the Ohio State University's Center for Vocational and Technical Education. The tapes were assigned through a…

Four hundred and two fifth graders, 297 from 34 public schools and 105 from 14 parochial schools in Springfield, Massachusetts, participated in the second year of a reading enrichment project during 1967-68. The major cost categories of the program are reported in this document as well as the three major objectives. The overall objective is…

This study investigated the judgmental reactions of 33 white and Negro inner city teachers to speech samples of 40 boys and girls who differed in social status and ethnic background. Teachers were asked to make candid responses on a set of semantic differential scales designed to determine (1) the extent to which teachers can be grouped together…

The St. Louis Vocabulary Development Project was developed to help children cope with the increasing vocabulary demands in content area textbooks encountered in the fourth grade. The project was presented over the school radio system for 30 minutes daily, 3 days weekly, for 30 weeks in about 150 schools. The fifth and sixth graders were taught…

Reviews the use of computers in the teaching and practice of writing in university courses. Highlights include hardware considerations; software options for grammar, punctuation, stylistic analysis, and prewriting (or invention) skills; artificial intelligence, composition, and literature; collaborative learning; and faculty development. (LRW)

Explores teachers' perceptions of pupils' behavior problems at a comprehensive school in England. Identifies three main factors in problem behavior: aggressive and antagonistic personality traits, problems relating to difficulties in application to school work, and problems relating to difficulties with authority. Discusses the implications that…

This paper addresses policy issues raised by recent recommendations to improve the quality of teacher education by moving to fifth-year certification. It describes career patterns of beginning teachers with different undergraduate preparation paths, and analyzes the effects of new teachers' background characteristics, educational investments, and…

Presents criterion-related validity data for the Child Behavior Checklist-Teacher's Report Form. Interprets results from elementary school boys (N=172) as supporting the criterion-related validity of the teacher-judgment measure and its use as a screening or diagnostic device in the school. (Author/ABB)

Forty Israeli teachers of normal and hearing-impaired students (grades 3 and 6) ranked relative linguistic complexity for several versions of the same story and from them selected reading texts for their classes. Ranking tasks were performed similarly, but teachers of hearing-impaired students chose a far more limited range of texts. (Author/VW)

Examines teachers' knowledge and understanding of classrooms in terms of interpretation of nonverbal and situational clues. Two sets of videotapes of classroom episodes, one in Hebrew and one in Dutch, were viewed by both Dutch and Israeli teachers in cross-cultural settings. Analysis of responses yielded insights into the two cultures.…