This study was intended to obtain baseline data in the areas of verbal and cognitive behavior patterns of selected secondary social studies teachers. Hypotheses for study were that there will be no significant difference between: 1) observed verbal teaching behaviors of the highest and lowest ranked teachers; 2) the observed cognitive behavior of…

Articles collected in this journal examine the phenomenon of listening, and define listening skills essential for teachers and students in the fields of speech and theater. Included are "Your Subject--My Business," an examination of teaching priorities in the area of oral communication; "Swing Your Spirit to Sound: Listening Assertively in the…

The development of a category scheme for the systematic analysis of science classroom discourse is described. Three teaching models are discussed: the Impression Model, which depicts the mind of a student as receiving and storing external impressions; the Insight Model, which denies the possibility that ideas or knowledge can be conveyed by…

Persons intimately associated with educational programs value programs that are personalized, individualized, and humanized, but being humanistic does not just happen. The article focuses on techniques by which teachers can improve the communication process: attending to students, implementing open-ended questions, and helping students express…

One of the most important variables influencing student learning in the classroom setting is the quality of teacher-pupil interaction. This study investigated whether differences exist in elementary school children's perceptions of nonverbal behavior of teachers. The study specifically investigated effects of race, sex and age. (NG)

In one study, a teacher who looked attractive was rated as more competent and better able to stimulate and motivate students than when she looked unattractive. In the other, close behaviors by the teacher produced more positive ratings than distant behaviors. (Author/BP)

High school teachers with the best student relationships frequently use five verbal response roles--feelings, thoughts, encounter/ encouragement, sharing, and motives. (Editor/MM)

Checklists detailing what a student teacher is expected to do when presenting a lesson have been developed by a consortium of health educators. (MM)

Classroom meetings get children involved in developing the social responsibilities necessary to solve their behavioral and educational problems. Practical suggestions are included in the article for basic techniques that might be useful in conducting these group meetings. (Author)

An attempt was made to describe the verbal interaction of 29 university tutorial groups. Tutor roles were identified (reflexive judge, data input, stage setter, elaborator, probe, and cognitive engineer) and examined in relationship to student ratings of the sessions and use by students of different cognitive levels. Applications of the research…

This article reports on the results of a descriptive study of wait-time in first-year high school foreign language classes. Over 7500 classroom events were recorded and coded in order to measure and find the variance in time of 3270 instances of post-solicitation and post-response wait-time. Results are discussed. (Author/DF)

In a dialog format, discusses the dialogical method of liberatory education. Dialog is a means to transform social relations in the classroom and to raise awareness about relations in society at large. In a problem-posing participatory format, the teacher and students transform learning into a collaborative process to illuminate and act on…

Interviewed 64 students in eight elementary classrooms to assess their means-ends problem-solving ability in two socialization domains teachers value highly: task demands and the interpersonal. Found students' problem-solving ability in the task demands domain relates to teacher control orientation, which, like effective parenting, has as its…

Research on the role of nonverbal communication skills in teacher training is assessed. Nonverbal behaviors communicate teacher expectations and attitudes, regulate classroom interactions, and promote students' understanding of verbal material by structuring or illustrating content. Direct versus indirect teaching, games, and improvisation are…

Reports on a study into the use of three classroom communication techniques in an upper-level crop physiology course. Results indicated that three-fourths of all previous students wished their college coursework had offered more opportunities for public speaking. (TW)