Although microteaching has proved to be a valuable training tool for preservice education majors, some microteaching programs have been curtailed primarily because of the time and expense of maintaining the facilities. An abbreviated four-lesson program for microteaching can be conducted effectively with minimum time and moderate costs. The first…

A three-year research and development project investigated sex bias in classroom interactions and developed training strategies to reduce or eliminate them. Two training interventions were taught to two groups of selected fourth, sixth, and eighth grade teachers. One was based on a microteaching model and applied in 44 classrooms in Washington,…

An underlying principle of videotaped microsupervision is that of helping the learner develop skills in a safe environment. During the helping conference, the resource person may give specific suggestions, but he is more successful when he is able to assist the intern in making his own determinations. (AJ)

An application of the principles of microteaching to the evaluation of behaviors of speech clinicians under varying feedback conditions. (CH)

This document is a coordinator's handbook written to accompany the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development's "Minicourse 8: Organizing Independent Learning: Primary Level." The minicourse was designed to develop teacher skill in organizing the classroom for independent learning through joint teacher-pupil effort. The…

Describes activities over the past three years of a group in Mexico dedicated to improving teacher training for teachers of French. (Text is in French.) (AM)

A microteaching teacher-preparation strategy and the traditional instructional approach were compared. The complexities of a manipulative demonstration were broken down into identifiable and teachable skills. The greater effectiveness of the microteaching strategy was attributed in part to the reduced number of skills the student concentrated on…

The paper's proposition is that many "overtly behavioristic" innovations in teacher education (performance-based education, microteaching, microsupervision, and microcounseling) are not in conflict with the humanistic approach; the critical need for understanding and application of the construct of intentionality demands that humanists…

Condensed from "The Arithmetic Teacher, Volume 15 (December 1968), 727-34.

A demonstrated model for effective instructional skill improvement in the medical clinical sciences is described. A two-year project was funded by the National Fund for Medical Education to design and implement a program to assist house staff in the improvement of clinical instruction. A total of 148 medical residents were surveyed about their…

THE INSTITUTE PROGRAM OF ADVANCED TRAINING IN LITERATURE AND CULTURE IN TECHNIQUES FOR PRESENTING THEM IN ADVANCED FRENCH CLASSES IN HIGH SCHOOL IS SUMMARIZED. EMPHASIZING THE UNIQUE FEATURE OF THE INSTITUTE, WHICH WAS THE VIDEOTAPING OF THE MICROTEACHING PERFORMED BY THE PARTICIPANTS WITH FOLLOWUP STUDY AND CRITIQUE OF THE TAPED PERFORMANCE, THE…

To extend previous research findings on the effectiveness of microteaching techniques, all 40 candidates in the 1967 San Jose State College summer elementary intern teaching program were randomly divided into 2 groups. Both groups had the same program except that 1 participated in an off-campus observation and teaching program; the other…

This paper offers suggestions about the content and organization of a foreign language methods course. It begins with a list of basic skills that must be taught: (1) directing a pattern drill, (2) teaching a concrete word, (3) teaching an abstract word, (4) teaching a short dialogue, (5) teaching a contrastive structure in morphology and syntax,…

The purpose of this investigation was to study the effect that four alternate types of instruction had on the frequency with which high inquiry questions were asked by preservice secondary science teachers. High inquiry questions involve comparing, explaining, conditional inferring, and evaluating. The four alternative instructional treatments…