Traditional grading was replaced with the Honors-Pass-Fail (H-P-F) grading system in graduate education courses at Herbert H. Lehman College in the fall 1971 semester. The purpose of that action was to determine if the H-P-F system might differentiate more effectively between exceptional and average student achievement. The general findings of the…

Teachers should encourage children to write in order to help them understand their feelings of anger, hurt, guilt, and so on.

To remove the adversary emphasis from pupil-teacher interactions, the author presents a simple model, showing how an intervention can potentially make a situation better, worse, or unchanged for the pupil and the teacher. A sample scenario is provided of two teachers dealing with a misbehaving child. (SJL)

Data collected form studies conducted in preservice teacher workshops present a strong case that it is possible to train preservice teachers to increase their level of teacher enthusiasm. (JD)

This article examines the role of nonverbal activity in mathematics instruction. Use of manipulative materials and visual aids is discussed, and the effects of teacher gestures and facial expressions are analyzed. (SD)

Briefly describes three kinds of teachers and discusses teaching as an art which involves recognizing at least three kinds of children's interests, helping children learn in the realms of both fact and aesthetic feelings, and responding to both educational process and product. (BR)

This article describes children's differing learning styles, and suggests appropriate ways for parents and caretakers to respond to them. (GO)

Surveys successful teachers and their writing students on preferred teaching emphases and response practices. Notes that successful teachers deemphasize response after a piece of writing is complete and do not use writing for testing students, but comment during process so students will learn to think for themselves. Reports contrasting student…

A three-year study using interviews and observations examined the meanings that teachers attributed to their interactions with parents. Theoretical ideas derived from the data are discussed. Implications for teacher educators are presented. (Author/MT)

This review presents evidence that student nonverbal behavior may be an important component in the formation of teachers' impressions, attitudes, beliefs, and reciprocal behavioral expressions. Results of the studies are considered within the research on impression formation, communication theory, and classroom activity and participation…

Assesses the effects of situational, teacher, and student difference variables that affect experienced teachers' selection of compliance-gaining techniques. Concludes that teachers' compliance-gaining message selection was substantially influenced by misbehavior type and intensity. (MM)

Results are presented from 339 respondents to a poll surveying teacher opinions of basal readers. Questions deal with strengths and weaknesses of basal readers, use of workbooks, school district requirements, and teacher's manuals. Results are presented.

Presents a study which assessed the attitudes of Hong Kong educators towards the "communicative language teaching" method of teaching English as a foreign language. Reports that teachers use the method sparingly because, while it contributes to more student participation and meaningful language use, it requires too much preparation time.…

Mothers (N=61) of children referred for psychological treatment completed the Beck Depression Inventory, Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test, and Conners Parent Rating Scale; teachers also completed the Conners Teacher Rating Scale. Mothers' ratings were significantly correlated with teachers' ratings, but fathers' were not. Findings confirm a…

Uses protocol analysis to compare written evaluations given to two student papers by college freshmen with those of instructors of freshman composition. Concludes that many students apply criteria that are significantly and consistently different from those of instructors. (FL)