This study explores the impact of a researcher-developed World Wide Web database on a variety of tasks and talk in a science classroom. The study was part of an experienced teacher's action research project designed to increase student engagement in biology class. Lessons were videotaped approximately once a week throughout the entire school year,…

A study investigated the different kinds of resistance techniques used by students in the college Spanish language classroom. Subjects were 30 undergraduate students, 10 at each of three instructional levels, representing a wide range of academic majors and concentrations. All completed a version of the Compliance-Resistance Techniques and…

This article attempts to offer insights on how to facilitate student-student interaction in the science classroom. These insights derive from two sources, one from the education literature and the other from the linguistics literature. From the pedagogic sciences, cooperative learning offers a means of understanding what helps groups of students…

Excepts from THE LANGUAGE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN (Penguin, 1973), which evolved from a project initiated by the English Committee of the Schools Council of England and conducted under the direction of Mrs. Connie Rosen; focuses on the talk of primary school children in the presence of a teacher. (Author/JM)

Paper presented to the staff of the English Language Branch--Defense Language Institute, Lockland Air Force Base, Lockland, Texas, 1973. (HW)

It was concluded that important differences occurred in interaction patterns, but not in pupil affect, when two different curricular organizing strategies were used. (Author)

Discusses student teacher communication in the classroom and the development of new teaching methods. (RK)

The achievement levels of college students taking a bioethics course who demonstrated high and low degrees of speech anxiety were studied. Students with high speech anxiety interacted less with instructors and did not achieve as well as other students. Strategies instructors can use to help students are suggested. (Authors/PP)

The extent to which inexperienced teachers--probationers and student teachers--report awareness of nonverbal communication and whether this awareness increases their effectiveness in the classroom were examined. Effective probationer teachers mentioned nonverbal communication more often than less-effective colleagues, and made more use of subtle…

Students can become better listeners by learning to: (1) listen accurately; and (2) listen critically, when interpretation is required. Teachers can foster accurate listening through games demanding close attention to rhythm instruments and directions. They can encourage critical listening through music exercises and activities that involve…

Concludes that teachers today are somewhat more authoritarian in their beliefs than were their counterparts of 25 years ago. (FL)

Discusses results of research on the comprehension/production of oral and written language in a classroom. Suggests that effective school participation requires that students acquire various language skills for handling cognitive tasks and for interacting in classroom social situations. Describes a test to assess oral and written language…

Effective classroom management, the key to successful teaching, includes immediate development of classroom rules, communication, high expectations of students, awareness of potential problems, careful lesson and activity plans for smooth classroom movement, and reasonable responses to students. Successful teachers are also aware of student and…

The impact of seat position on teachers' initial judgments of students was investigated. Students sitting forward in the classroom were regarded more favorably than those at the rear. Results indicated a significant effect for seating and a three-way interaction between chosen seat, sex, and grade. (Author/GK)