Presents a compilation of various language usage programs as they relate to establishing and maintaining discipline in the classroom. (FL)

Explores ways teachers can intervene in the writing process to help students advance in their writing. (JL)

Looks at a linguistic study that investigated children's communicative competence within the classroom setting. (FL)

A general model of teacher-student interaction is expanded specifically to mathematics. Mathematics appears to lead to idiosyncratic forms of language and communication in the classroom. (MP)

Differences in teachers' ability to use separate signs for English grammatical endings and the use of characteristics of American Sign Language were found. Deaf teachers deleted far fewer signs and used more elements of ASL while the inexperienced hearing teachers did the reverse. (Author/DB)

Identifies several teaching techniques that help children develop an awareness of the communicative nature of reading and writing. Cites learning theories to support the techniques. (FL)

Describes the process and outcomes of placing four disabled adults and one mother of a cerebral palsied child as teaching assistants in preschool, second- and fourth-grade classrooms in two California schools. Suggests that the employment of disabled persons in public education is an effective way of integrating special needs children into regular…

Presents some of the findings of the ORACLE research program (Observational Research and Classroom Learning Evaluation), a detailed observational study of teacher-student interaction, teaching styles, and management methods within a sample of primary classrooms. (Editor/SJL)

The efficiency of language teaching that employs requests and information solicitation is demonstrated. Pre- and post-test scores of students and videotapes of their teacher-initiated verbal interactions shows a direct relationship between language improvement and the teacher's use of imperatives, indicating the potential value of…

Analyzes an urban alternative school program to determine the extent to which the social relations underlying educational encounters were transformed. Found that students and teachers were both reproducing previously learned social definitions of roles and behaviors and altering the fundamental character of the social relations underlying…

Competencies useful in determining admission to teacher education programs are: (1) clarity of teacher presentations; (2) use of a variety of techniques, activities, and materials; (3) enthusiasm; (4) a businesslike approach to tasks; and (5) provision of learning opportunities. (CJ)

For seventh-grade mathematics students lesson discontinuity and teacher vagueness terms significantly affected student achievement, and the interaction between continuity and vagueness was significant. Vagueness terms significantly affected student perception of lesson effectiveness. (Author/CP)

Reports results of a study of biology classes in Israel that includes describing transactions in a representative sample of biology classes (N=22) in the year 1973, comparing transactions in recitation with those of laboratory lessons, and studying the effects of subject matter on the classroom transaction. (CS)

Specific suggestions are given to help teachers become persuasive communicators. (PBS)

The need to set up classroom conditions under which students can interact with each other about course material is discussed. Micro-labs are suggested as a means of serving this need. (Author/DB)