A model for pedagogical discourse that provides evidence to explain the operation of both instructional and regulative discourse in the classroom is presented. The model is based on a theory that the activities and concerns of the wider contexts outside school are relocated for the purpose of school learning, and that the resulting instructional…

A survey of secondary social studies teachers in St. Louis asked questions to determine a political profile and attitudes toward social studies curriculum for each teacher. How the greater dissatisfaction of the more liberal teachers toward the curriculum is manifested in the classroom is an area, however, in which study is still needed. (JH)

According to transactional analysis theory, each human has three identities -- the parent, the adult, and the child -- and moves in and out of them many times during a day. Explores the theoretical and methodological implications of this approach as a classroom management technique. (JF)

The use of the Communication Center to make higher education more efficient and more effective is discussed. The development and increased use of instructional aids and media can make large group instruction more effective and can present more information than an instructor can present alone. This program has greatly expanded and is coordinated,…

This paper contains optional modifications and additions to the Brophy-Good Dyadic Interaction Coding Manual (ED 042 688). Included are 1) suggestions for changes in the way level-of-question is coded; 2) modifications of the child's answer categories for simplification or expansion; 3) new distinctions for coding the teacher's feedback following…

This paper illustrates how behavioral models which embody a critical language can be used to describe and predict some categories of classroom events. It defines teaching-learning as a set of events which are mediated primarily by a person, the consequence of which is change in behavior of a second person. A language for describing this phenomenon…

After identifying strategies which are used to avoid some of the unique problems of the first class meeting, the author outlines a model which covers the three general phases of the class: beginnings, work, and endings. In the first phase the physical arrangement of the classroom and the pre-class comments of the students are considered, followed…

This study indicates that it is possible to define and demonstrate the relevance of a number of nonverbal cues that can be used as raters or reasons for assessment of teacher behavior. Findings indicate a major difference in the order and relevance of predictors used. (JMF)

Many schools now bring professional writers in to work with or talk to children, often with impressive results. But what do the writers themselves make of these visits? Here a children's books author pens a wry portrait of a typical classroom encounter. (Editor/RK)

Available from: Council for Exceptional Children, 1920 Association Drive, Reston, Virginia 22091. Explored are some significant factors that the learning disabilities (LD) teacher should be aware of when help is provided to the LD student. (BD)

It is through use of language that the teacher fosters concept formation, critical thinking, reflection, planning skills and a host of other intellectual capacities in children. This article points the way toward a more effective use of language by planning the development of children's listening skills through tapes, exercises and games.…

Discusses a survey designed to determine the extent and nature of graduate courses in classroom communication available to elementary and secondary teachers. (MH)

Effective teachers have classes with a life and spirit of their own, a quality that grabs students. The author calls this prehensive teaching, from the Latin word "prehension," meaning to seize, grasp, apprehend by the senses. Ways to restore the prehensive nature of teaching are suggested. (MT)

The author discussed the writing-across-the-curriculum movement and how it has been interpreted. A model of writing across the curriculum is described, and the benefits of such a program to students are stated. (MT)