The purpose of this study was to determine if teachers who have a more humanistic pupil control ideology exhibit to a greater extent the classroom teacher practices recommended by the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) program as measured by the Biology Classroom Activity Checklist (BCAC) than do teachers who have a more custodial pupil…

To help teachers identify and control their instructional behavior. (DAG)

The importance of listening to students and what true listening involves are examined. (RW)

Homosexual teachers do not influence children toward homosexuality nor do they proselytize. Teachers should be judged on their effectiveness in the classroom, not by their sexual preference. (Author/IRT)

Development of the Florida Performance Measurement System (FPMS) is outlined. A videotaped history lesson by the Secretary of Education, William Bennett, serves to illustrate FPMS' use in the observation of teacher performance, the analysis of observed data, the provision of feedback to teachers, and the derivation of normed observation scores.…

Educators often cause children to behave as though they understand something they don't, denigrating their own questions and conceptions. In an attempt to increase their self-esteem, educators often turn children's attention inward and cause them to be self-absorbed. (MT)

Every school's adult community has complex relationships, power structures, and traditions. Tips for dealing successfully with peers and administrators are offered. (MT)

Observation of behaviors of 101 students and 13 teachers and aides in early childhood special education programs was carried out along with student standardized testing. Among results were that there was a high proportion of intervals in which students were recorded as engaged (over 50% covertly engaged); and attending nonverbally was the most…

Twenty-three special education teachers were asked to differentiate between practices for spelling instruction which do and do not have adqequate empirical support and to report on the extent to which they employed various instructional practices in teaching spelling. Outcomes suggest that special educators may have several misconceptions…

All but two of 24 preservice teachers increased their rate of positive feedback in mainstreamed elementary classes after participation in a comprehensive feedback package. Further, students' academic behavior improved under preservice teachers. (CL)

Seventeen K-12 teachers were trained in the Stallings Effective Use of Time Program. A comparison of pre- and post-classroom observations indicated that teachers who had publicly stated their commitment to teaching behavior changes tended to follow through and make the changes. Implications for teacher education programs are discussed. (Author/MT)

Describes dependent behaviors that can influence children's progress in learning to read, and discusses the issue of independence in the context of current theory and research. (RH)

Close teacher proximity (within three feet) resulted in fewer disruptive responses of a 10 year old, suggesting that proximity control may be a useful part of a management plan for disruptive students. (CL)

An observational study of effects of teaching behavior of deaf and hearing teachers on secondary deaf students' perception of the classroom environment found that a positive class attitude was associated with moderate monitoring of the students, persistence with students who did not understand the task and an overt and task-oriented reward…

Deaf speakers and signers use their eyes to communicate in a number of ways. Teachers should become familiar with facial and head behaviors of deaf signers to increase understanding in their mainstreamed hearing impaired students. (CL)