Observation of student teacher behavior was undertaken to determine interpretive and managerial skills necessary for adapting to the environmental demands of classrooms. The five skills isolated were (1) "chunking" (grouping discrete events), (2) differentiation (distinguishing the importance of events), (3) overlap (handling several events at…

The effects of systematically varied verbal and nonverbal components of teachers' evaluative behavior upon children's perceptions and attitudes were studied within an experimental classroom. Subjects were 126 sixth-grade students. (Author)

This study was undertaken to determine which verbal behaviors teachers value, where they acquired their verbal behaviors, and how they justify them. (JD)

Describes a successful summer institute utilizing videotaped microteaching and Flanders Interaction Analysis to help 14 community college professors improve their methods of interacting with students. (DC)

The use of videotape as an instructional tool in teacher education has proved to be of considerable value. (JD)

The purpose of this research was to determine whether the Utah State University (USU) Protocol Modules dealing with classroom management and pupil self-concept would bring about significant changes in the performance of in-service elementary school teachers and the pupils in their classrooms. (Author)

Authors express their concern for the children whose identities, still so much in the process of growth, are under great pressure from teachers who engage in classroom versions of encounter groups. (Editor/RK)

Surveys of 60 preschool teachers and in-depth interviews with 10 other teachers regarding assessment and instructional decision-making practices with handicapped children revealed that evaluation and monitoring procedures were not used systematically or regularly. Behavioral observations were the most widely used single source of information for…

Attributes of teachers remembered by students as effective and memorable included commitment, goal orientation, integrated perception, reward orientation, individualized perception, innovation, objectivity, rapport, active listening, and empathy. (CB)

The author examines studies that have sought to enhance self-esteem in school children by experimental means. He reviews work that has sought intervention through (1) curriculum, (2) classroom techniques, (3) teacher behavior, and (4) student behavior modification. (Author/CH)

The right to form adult consensual intimate relationships is a fundamental personal freedom. A strong and effective university policy against sexual harassment and the recognition of faculty and students' right to privacy will, within the parameters of constitutional guarantees, serve both the university's and the individual's interest.…

It is anticipated that after a conference on "Teachers as Role Models" at Indiana University School of Medicine, the participants would be more cognizant of their influence as role models and would be motivated to become better role models and support good role modeling. (Author/MLW)

This paper discusses competing norms for justifying actions and decisions in teaching and their effects on the enacted curriculum and teacher learning. Excerpts from interviews with 20 elementary school teachers are analyzed to identify teacher orientations and justifications. Role orientation is discussed in relation to productivity and…

Twenty secondary mathematics teachers described their thinking as they solved four proportion problems, explained how they would teach two of the problems, and solved four similar problems after having been asked to use proportional strategies. Findings indicate that less formal strategies were not often used by these teachers. (PK)

Investigated the behavior of college mathematics professors as they taught a basic course. It was found that all of the teachers typically taught the class as a unit using a teacher centered approach. Compared to less effective teachers, the more effective teachers asked more product questions and covered more content. (PK)