Developing a comfortable, nurturing environment that reflects students' learning style preferences is conducive to effective learning. Steps for effective supervision in this environment are individualization, assessment, diagnosis, prescription, and evaluation. (SK)

The author comments on clarifying the meaning behind teachers' use of language. He points out that information collected through classroom observation would be more useful if teachers were included in the interpretation. (MD)

An educator was encouraged to examine the community that sometimes, "almost magically," forms in classrooms. Particularly, she wanted to research what or who fosters such communal spaces for students and how educators might harness those forces to become more adept at community building. Her findings forced her to reevaluate her own…

Taking seriously the recent call for critical language awareness in mathematics classrooms, I propose that students engage with their teachers in the analysis of the discourse in their classrooms. To explore the potential for increased mathematical understanding, I analyze transcripts of students and a teacher listening to and responding to their…

This paper was envisioned as largely a literature review, but surprisingly, there was very little to find besides a comprehensive body of information pertaining to nonverbal aspects of pedagogy almost exclusively dealing with management of the instructor's nonverbal behavior. The paper, therefore, presents what seems to be the most salient cues…

This document contains issues of "Teachers Magazine" from September 1914 to June 1915, published monthly except for July and August. Issues typically include sections with music, plays, songs, poems, and games; a calendar for the month; monthly plans; and sections on picture study; current-events classroom talks; grade work; books; and…

This document contains monthly issues of "Teachers Magazine" from September 1906 to June 1907. Issues typically include sections with music, plays, songs, poems, and games; a calendar for the month; monthly plans; and sections on picture study; current-events classroom talks; grade work; books; and miscellaneous topics. [This volume was…

This document contains issues of "Teachers Magazine" from September 1910 to June 1911, published monthly except July and August. Issues typically include sections with music, plays, songs, poems, and games; a calendar for the month; monthly plans; and sections on picture study; current-events classroom talks; grade work; books; and…

The purpose of this paper is to examine a problem that exists in relation to teaching methods and which has quite possibly served to limit the value of many promising methodologies that have been developed. (Author)

Describes what should be the role and behavior of the teacher in the classroom. (SP)

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An analysis of teacher-pupil interaction in grades 1,6, and 11 showed that communicatory behavior was concentrated in the front of the room and along the center aisle. (Portions of the research reported were supported at the University of Missouri by the Educational Media Branch of USOE.) (MS)

Teaching language requires teachers to provide conditions that are conductive to encouraging children to talk. (CK)

Suggests an integrated program for helping children understand some science phenomena. An important part of this program is the relationship between the pupils' learning and the language they use to do it. Suggests that making appropriate links between affect and cognition can enhance learning. (NRJ)