Teaching practices in a total of 273 first and third grade Follow Through classrooms were examined in relation to (1) their consistency with the goals of seven sponsors' educational models, and (2) their effects on children's performance in areas ranging from reading and arithmetic achievement to nonverbal reasoning, independence and school…

This article introduces secondary and college economics teachers to the technique known as interaction analysis. The Flanders system of analyzing language in the classroom and techniques for applying interaction analysis in economics courses are discussed. For journal availability see SO 504 499. (Author/RM)

This article examines: (1) some difficulties associated with teacher interaction analyses, (2) well known teacher interaction scales, (3) current directions in research and practice in observation, and (4) special applications of teaching interaction analyses to the field of physics. (CP)

The scientific analysis of the teaching act is the subject of this article, with special emphasis given to measurement techniques (both inductive and deductive) and their problems, validity, and reliability. (DS)

This article describes two types of classroom process research (process-product and descriptive) which are being funded by the National Institute of Education, and it analyzes the trend toward a greater emphasis on descriptive research. (MM)

Findings from this project suggest that (1) effective teaching can be predicted from observation in natural classroom settings and (2) a teacher can be trained in the use of observation instruments in order to assess another teacher's performance. (MM)

Thirty-six elementary school teachers in a predominantly lower and working class urban school system were selected in order to define creativity in terms of specific observable behaviors believed by teachers of the disadvantaged to indicate creativity in the classroom setting. (BD)

In order to maximize the development and generalization of social responses of two severely retarded, multihandicapped children (10 and 11 years old) and their classroom peers, a continuous observation system was used to select target responses. (Author)

Illustrates use of self-control procedures to modify teacher instructional behavior. A teacher wanted to increase the frequency of approval statements and decrease the frequency of disapproval statements. She followed a plan that included a card self-recording system, cues, and overt rewards. (Author)

The article describes a technique for evaluating remedial reading prescriptions as illustrated through case studies of two severely disabled readers (8 and 10 years old) in learning disability classes. (CL)

Examined were consistencies over time of maternal reports, observations of nursery and elementary school behavior, and teacher ratings of problems for 20 hyperactive Ss and 21 controls (2 year followup) and 15 hyperactive Ss and 16 controls (3 year followup). (Author/CL)

Inspectors in Ghana implement and interpret educational policies of the Ministry of Education and see that policies are carried out in the training colleges. Inspection serves as a controlling link between the colleges and the national government, but is resented by teachers. Pre- and post-independence comparisons are made. (LBH)

Suggestions of what to look for in the summer sky are given so that students and teachers alike might sharpen their astronomical awareness. A constellation chart is included. (MR)

The development and validation of the School Observation Scale is presented. The scale can be used by elementary teachers to record observations of pupil behavioral characteristics associated with learning disabilities and minimal brain disfunction. (Author/JKS)

Observer disagreement is important because it limits the reliabilities of observational measures. To avoid this limitation, observers should be trained, and criterion-related and intraobserver agreement measures should be used both before and during a study. Several agreement coefficients are examined for their applicability. (Author/BW)