Describes the content of an instructional unit on nutrition prepared by the Dairy Council of California for primary-level school children and the results of its large-scale tryout in 30 California schools. (SDH)

Discusses why white professors may misassess black students through guilt, fear, disinterest, or inaccurate testing. (Editor/PG)

Thirty-seven commercially available software programs were circulated among 13 teachers of 3- to 5-year-old handicapped children in order to: (1) evaluate commercially available software advertised as appropriate for the preschool population; (2) identify for future use in evaluating software the characteristics of software appropriate for the…

A teacher evaluated the status of teaching, the uses of education, and how education may affect the future. (RK)

This report describes the results of an experiment on teacher structuring, soliciting, and reacting behavior. Four teachers each taught eight groups of sixth-grade students using eight different variations of the classroom recitation strategy. The eight variations differed in the amount and kind of structuring, soliciting, and reacting behavior…

This study examined the degree to which the structure of school organizations and the personal dispositions of teachers are related to the occurrence of militant conflict within or against school organization. This study was a part of a larger project studying the process of instituting change in school organization. A four-part questionnaire…

This study was planned to replicate and extend at a fifth grade level an earlier study by Brophy and Good at the first grade level. One purpose was to test the hypothesis that classes taught by teachers who showed evidence of expectation effects would show polarization over time, with differences between high and low expectation students gradually…

In order for culturally disadvantaged children to expand their language skills, the classroom teacher must show a positive attitude toward the students and their language.

Teachers participating in an inservice class report their own personal responses to the use of poetry in the classroom.

Suggests that teachers need practice in differentiating their responses to student behavior in order that they may enhance the effectiveness of their responses. The author gives some alternatives to the use of praise and also examines four types of praise. (Author/HMV)

Describes a 12-week pilot project by the Connecticut Storytelling Center, which involved assembly programs and storytelling sessions in six elementary school classrooms, including two bilingual classes. Teachers' reactions to the storytelling experience and observations on the emotional impact of the project and its effect on learning skills are…

Urges the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN) to become more actively involved in defending adolescent literature from censorship. Suggests ways for ALAN members to fight censorship both locally and nationally. (MM)

Presents three reasons given by teachers for turning their backs on research--(1) a lack of understanding of research methods, (2) a perceived lack of skills, and (3) a suspicion of research. Responds to each of these positions. (FL)

Current emphasis on the changing sex role expectations of women in the direction of increased assertiveness and independence has prompted investigation of the impact this emphasis has on teacher perceptions of student behavior. (DMT)

Reports an experiment comparing the responses of teacher trainees to two very different pieces of children's writing. (TO)