This study sought to determine the effects of a recruitment pattern and a group-training condition on the onset and quality of implementation and survival over time of a first-grade science unit. Recruitment was by singles or pairs and training was for elementary science only or elementary science plus collaboration skills, making four treatment…

This reports the results of a pilot effort to investigate how social studies teachers attempt to resolve a situation in which values conflict. Ninety-two elementary and secondary teachers randomly selected from participants in two social studies conferences were asked to describe in writing an incident in which they were faced with a dilemma.…

A self-observation training program developed for teachers was tried out with a group of intern teachers. After some modifications of the program, the effects of the training on selected teacher and student behaviors were assessed by two experienced elementary teachers. Changes in three teacher behaviors (contingent praise, positive nonverbal…

This study evaluated the in-service teacher training program in the Francis Howell R-III Schools, Columbia, Missouri. The program sought to modify the instructional behavior of teachers in the areas of a) increased pupil verbal participation, b) decreased teacher dominance of the verbal classroom environment, c) increased skill and ability to…

Reports on a third account of a longitudinal investigation of the effects of the installation of a curriculum engineering system in a suburban Illinois elementary school district. A system of curriculum engineering is explained as involving the organization of all personnel in the school district in the performance of the two primary functions of…

Reported is a study to determine changes in classroom verbal behaviors of 23 student teachers in secondary science and the relationship of the behaviors of their respective cooperating teachers to these changes. The investigator attempted to identify the relationship between perception of the student teacher by the science students and the…

This pilot study investigates the socializing effect of school environments, specifically with respect to helping and sharing in children. Environmental conditions presumed to promote the development of helping and sharing in children are: (1) interdependent goals, (2) modeling, (3) reward of helping and sharing, (4) awareness of others' feelings,…

A Title III open classroom project was run in Wayne, New Jersey, in grades 1-3 in one elementary school and grades 1-5 in a second. After one year of the program, comparisons with grades 1-5 of a matched control school in the same community were made. Open classroom teachers were found to be more flexible in their use of space and organization of…

Reported is a study into the teaching behaviors of elementary science teachers based on the philosophy of Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS). One hundred eighty-four teachers were selected from a large geographical area, having widely differing backgrounds and varying education and/or experience with SCIS programs. The Predicted Role…

Reported is an investigation of the perceived-importance and perceived-presence of consultant activities via teachers, principals, and consultants. The selected consultant behaviors focused on classroom interactions with teachers and children. Three groups of educators were selected: 65 teachers who had implemented the process-oriented curriculum;…

Reported is a study to examine whether teachers are able to perceive accurately the way students feel about science. The study investigated the relationships between the teachers' observations and the students' own reported feelings about their interest, appreciation, attitude and values as related toward science. Two affective-domain instruments…

This report presents an evaluation of Cleveland's Kindergarten Enrichment Program, 1971-1972. The program was designed to provide continuation of the enriched learning experiences initiated in preschool, and to create environments conducive to learning for children without preschool experience. Target classes were chosen according to a poverty…

The perceptions of Middle School Menominee students about education and their school were presented in this report. Interviews were given to the American Indian students during April and May 1969. The sample consisted of 46 girls and 59 boys in grades 6 through 8. Students responded to questions on perception of parents' educational commitment,…

Analyses of teaching behavior, transcribed from videotaped samples by elementary student teachers, who used a new instrument, Baruch Behavior Analysis, were examined for accuracy, reliability, quantification, and interpretation. The instrument helps the student to analyze himself and prescribe improvement for his behavior as to extent and patterns…

The potentiality of macroanalysis of interactive dialogue was studied for ten suburban school teachers and their very high and very low ability student groups. Macroanalysis is the computerized analysis of interaction data into units of three or more tallies with the number of unit occurrences determinable. The sample groups had a mean IQ…