The purpose of the project was to continue with the development, analysis, revision, and dissemination of curriculum materials for use by home economics teachers with educable mentally handicapped students which had been initiated during an earlier phase. The developed materials were field tested with students enrolled in home economics classes…

Numerous research studies have been conducted concerning the negative aspects of grading: the low correlations between academic success (high grades) and later vocational or professional success, possible sadomasochistic motives of teachers in awarding grades, and grade assignment resulting from the teacher's sense of duty or responsibility to…

An analysis of naturally occurring activities that make up educational programs for young children was made in a search for answers to the following questions: (1) How do teachers manage learning activities in preschool classrooms? (2) What are these learning environments like? (3) How closely do the actual occurrences match the teachers'…

The goals listed for this second component (of six) of the Instructional Staff Development (ISD) program include introduction to interaction analysis, practice in microteaching, and improvement of individual inquiry behavior. This trainer's manual is plotted concept-by-concept, objective-by-objective, with appropriate charts and tables. The manual…

This study investigated relationships between two status variables--congruence and consensus--and team teacher satisfaction with the team situation. The sample consisted of 148 teacher teams (627 teachers) selected from 74 open-area schools. The results indicated that teachers on balanced teams and/or leaderless teams tended to be more satisfied…

The idea of a model of negotiation is presented and used to analyze teacher-teacher interactions in team teaching situations. Some testable hypotheses pertaining to the ways teachers as members of teaching teams negotiate with each other as they plan and coordinate their activities are generated from field research. (Author)

Outlined are biological, sociological, and conscious and unconscious psychological factors involved in stealing, and discussed are appropriate teacher responses to stealing by students. (CL)

A questionnaire was developed to enable teachers in physical education departments to evaluate department chairmen for personal qualities, professional growth, teaching effectiveness, and administrative responsibilities. (GW)

In an attempt to replicate Page's major finding of written comment effectiveness, 415 fifth and seventh-grade students were evaluated by their teachers for 6 weeks with experimentally determined combinations of letter grades and comments. Data from 12 other replication studies were examined. (Author/BW)

Seven secondary school teachers discuss the need for writing centers in secondary schools and identify the services they should provide. Includes descriptions of existing writing centers, and suggestions that writing centers should help students change their perception of writing as well as intervene in stages of the writing process. (JG)

This study identified factors that influenced the decision-making processes of five experienced elementary school teachers. Information about when, why and how teachers choose to intervene in the learning process was gathered. The factors are identified and discussed within the context of preservice teacher education. (JL)

A first-year teacher was observed and interviewed weekly to find out what happens to the beginning teacher as he or she tries to fit into an institutionally prescribed role. Problems encountered and the novice's responses to them are examined to see how these responses relate to the development of expertise. (MT)

Indicated that students have definite ideas about which commenting strategies on their written compositions help and which do not. Found that students wanted reasons and written comments from teachers as opposed to circles and abbreviations they cannot understand. Showed that high school and college subjects differed significantly on some survey…

Sets forth a "deconstructionalist" approach to writing evaluation that emphasizes the attitude of error analysis. (FL)

Analyzes four types of repair activity in the foreign language classroom. A distinction is made according to whether the trouble source is produced by a teacher or a learner. Findings show that different preferences for repair patterns vary with the type of classroom activity (language-centered or content-centered). (Author/SED)