Competencies recommended by speech communication and educational researchers, as well as communication specialists and teachers of various content areas are identified. Guidelines are presented for teachers, who should demonstrate competencies in sending and receiving messages that: (1) are used to obtain or give information; (2) express or…

This volume contains an annotated bibliography of journal articles, books, documents (including some ERIC citations) and audiovisual materials regarding the behaviors of teachers which research has shown to be consistently associated with academic learning by pupils. The bibliography is organized around 19 criteria to be used for evaluating…

A study compared two groups of inexperienced teachers, one of which participated in the Florida Beginning Teacher Progam, and one which did not participate, to see if differences existed between the two groups. Study subjects were 154 first year teachers. The teachers who participated in the Florida Beginning Teacher Program were required to…

This fastback presents some basic legal gidelines for teachers, which if observed will minimize the possibility of lawsuits resulting from incidents occurring in school settings. The following topics are covered: (1) basic legal terminology; (2) reporting child abuse; (3) self-defense; (4) possession and use of controlled substances; (5)…

This publication is for assisting teachers in acquiring or renewing the skills involved in carrying out a proactive approach to productive discipline and classroom management. Each of the six professional development modules presented deals with a specific concept: (1) the meaning of discipline; (2) the meaning of classroom management; (3) a…

To assess teacher interaction (specifically in regard to the use of questions) with special needs and nonspecial needs preschoolers, 16 special needs and 16 control Ss (3 to 5 years old) were identified. Each of the target Ss was videotaped for two different 15-minute segments in free play and at randomly selected times. Videotapes were analyzed…

Experienced elementary (K-6) teachers nominated by their principals as either outstanding or average at dealing with problem students described their general strategies for coping with hostile-aggressive students and told how they would handle incidents depicted in two vignettes portraying aggression at school. Transcripts of these responses were…

This document contains abstracts of 37 presentations made on the the topics of: professional criticism; athletic directors; public relations; cheerleading; evaluation of coaches; risks and participation forms; noncertified coaches; nonteaching coaches; coach burnout; salaries and merit pay for coaches; conduct standards; financial matters; and…

The purpose of this study was to determine the significance of grade-level as a contributor to the variance of Flanders' Categories when corrected for appropriate measures of individual teacher characteristics. (Author)

This study was conducted in an effort to determine the value of using Bloom's "Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: Cognitive Domain," along with Sanders'"Classroom Questions: What Kinds," in instructional sessions designed to increase the cognitive level of questioning by preservice classroom teachers. The question posed was: Are student teachers…

Paper supported by the U. S. Office of Education Project No. 5-0330 and based on a PhD dissertation submitted to NewYork University (1967)

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Chicago, Illinois, February, 1968.