This paper sets forth a comparative description of the constructs required to isolate and analyze language behavior central to the study of paraphrase--which is here considered central to an understanding of the process of idea sharing in the classroom. Findings are presented which suggest significant black/white differences in terms of these…

To examine three teachers' communication to individual students during their attempts to individualize instruction, a class of sixth grade students was videotaped as it spent a week in science, in social studies, and in mathematics. Tapes were analyzed using a modified form of Bellack's observation system. With the pedagogical move as the primary…

Articles is this issue represent the substantive content of a series of 25 workshops sponsored by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). The four major articles discuss innovative models based on four approaches for improving teacher performance: (1) "Interaction Analysis" by Edmund J. Amidon, San Francisco State…

A model of informational interaction between teachers and learners has been developed and the first facet for its taxonomy derived. The model focuses on the internal cognitive events of teaching and learning in human beings generally, rather than on the specific roles of instructor and student. Teacher-learner communication is described in terms…

This study assesses the reliability of the System for the Analysis of Classroom Communication (SACC) devised to permit the gathering of data descriptive of classroom communication between teacher and pupils for evaluative purposes. The reliability used was called inter-observer agreement. The measure of inter-observer agreement used was the Scott…

This student guide is part of a learning module on the language concept of feedback related to effective teaching, which was developed as part of the Utah State University Protocol Materials Project. The complete module consists of the student guide, a protocol film, and testing materials. The student guide contains: (a) an introduction to…

Reported is a study to investigate the effectiveness of an instructional technique designed to enable preservice students enrolled in science methods courses to acquire skill in the use of nonverbal cues and the use of silence. Students were randomly assigned to experimental (9 students) and control (10 students) groups. The vehicle for skill…

Mental health and self concepts of children are seen as functions of the affective learning environment. Sociograms, as maps of affect flow among children, reveal both functional and maladaptive patterns of classroom interpersonal behavior. Research findings are related to analysis of "centralized" and "diffuse" patterns of classroom…

A study is reported which is based on the assumption that a teacher's presentation may vary as a function of student set. A guest lecturer was presented to each of 2 introductory psychology classes, one of which had been told that the lecturer was a "cold" person, and the other that he was a "warm" person. The lectures were taped and rated to…

This booklet is intended for use by persons participating in a "Role Identification Training Session." It lists 33 behaviors--one on each page--and gives a description and example of the behaviors as manifested by both teachers and students. Space is provided for the participant to write in examples that he has observed of these behaviors.…

The major problem investigated was to assess the effectiveness of an instructional procedure designed to develop skill in questioning, as a teaching technique, by prospective science teachers. Subproblems investigated were to determine: (1) if skill developed during this instructional sequence would transfer to the student teaching experience; and…

A study of the objectives and teaching practices of an introductory college physics course was conducted by personally interviewing 24 instructors in six Oklahoma colleges and universities and audiotaping their 45 classes. The instructors' questions in classes were cross-classified by type and purpose. The question-types included directive,…

Emphasizing the need for process rather than product-oriented education, this paper introduces a new conceptual model for observing the classroom as a total process. The new model is a blending of dramaturgic concepts and theory with the classroom teaching/learning process. The author draws an analogy based upon Kenneth Burke's Dramatistic…

A course on communication in the classroom was designed as part of a program to bring education courses, taught by regular university faculty, to Indian reservations, making it possible for an Indian student to continue working while taking courses and to complete his degree in five years. This paper describes the objectives and philosophy of the…

The rationale and training procedure used in a three-day communication and leadership project in a junior high school located in a southern metropolitan area of approximately 200,000 population is described. The workshop reflected a commitment to interview developmentally in the desegregation process. Four general workshop goals were formulated;…