The study was designed to determine whether interaction verbal behavior patterns during student teaching changed or were modified significantly after two years of independent classroom experience. Those teachers who were less flexible during student teaching shifted to a more flexible style during independent classroom teaching. (Author)

The Frame Game is a second language conversation activity that allows instructors to determine the content. The activity provides a structure for communication between students and adapts easily to almost any topic. The basic version of the game has been adapted from a management training activity, and is presented along with several variations…

The potential of nonverbal communication as a field of inquiry for educators is explored in this paper. Following a brief introduction, the first section of the paper discusses basic concepts in nonverbal communication, beginning with two related definitions and a review of research. The functional significance of nonverbal communication is…

Author attempted to answer the question of whether liberal arts college teachers have employed their classrooms as centers of inquiry. (Author/RK)

Presents a quantitative analysis of communication networks in multiage classrooms (consisting of 4- to 7-year-olds) to determine if: (1) pupils interact with peers across age groups; (2) the pupil/teacher interaction is dispersed across age groups; and (3) certain learning centers are more conducive to interaction across age groups than others.…

A SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING THOUGHT PROCESSES IN THE CONTEXT OF CLASSROOM VERBAL INTERACTION IS PRESENTED. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM IS NECESSARY TO THE STUDY OF THE VERBAL PERFORMANCE OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO ASSESS THE QUALITY OF THINKING THAT IS ELICITED AND EXPRESSED IN THE COURSE AND CONTEXT OF CLASSROOM OPERATION. VERBAL PERFORMANCES…

Little research has been done to define effective teaching in the junior college. This study was designed to produce empirical data on the expectations held by the adult education, occupational education, and transfer students and their instructor counterparts for the instructor in his role as director of learning. To elicit the desired data, the…

Public schools in America, because they are obsessed with petty regulations and sterile mediocrity, destroy the natural inquisitive and creative spirits of children. A genuinely humane education must teach aesthetic and moral values as well as subject matter. This educational philosophy demands that learning be centered around the child's…

Studies have demonstrated that students learn to seek pleasurable learning situations and learn to avoid painful ones; however, when they do not have sufficient information at their disposal to determine whether or not their behavior will have a pleasurable or painful outcome, they experience a psychological conflict we are calling…

This paper examines the potential role of students in enhancing the value of student-teacher interaction by discussing two of the technical skills of teaching developed by the Stanford Center for Research and Development in Teaching. The two skills, set induction and probing questions, are described in relation to teaching behaviors and…

The study investigated the role of verbal cues in the communication of the self-fulfilling prophecy phenomenon. Specifically, the purpose was to determine the relationship between 1) teachers' verbal cues to students and teachers' prophecies, 2) teachers' verbal cues to students and student achievement, and 3) teachers' prophecies and student…

The principle objective of this study was the investigation of the impact of teacher behavior on the mental health of elementary school children. Three questions influenced the design of the research: 1) What is the influence of different instructional approaches in a teacher-training program upon the perceptions and verbal communication behavior…