Paper represents an attempt to systematically describe the behavior of the teacher in an informal, or open classroom. (Author)

Discusses methodologies used to observe children at work in science classrooms and to handle data collected from such observations. Audience, observational mechanisms, and research strategies are considered in separate sections. Methodologies as applied to the Learning in Science Project are also considered. (JN)

In reference to a preceding article by Bogdan, outlines an "alternative model" for the teaching of educational fieldwork to graduate students. The course described is an introduction to fieldwork based on the concept of the classroom as the most fundamental unit in contemporary educational systems. (GC)

Examines the cross-age peer tutoring process from two perspectives--descriptive analysis of verbal interactions, and documentation of academic and attitudinal progress. Particular attention is given to how the peer tutoring process (a) affects friendship and a give-and-take attitude between the tutor and the tutee and (b) serves as a motivating…

Presents an observational system that discriminates between personal and impersonal (neutral) verbal behavior of teachers and students in the foreign language class. Reports preliminary findings on the relationship of these in-class behavior variables and the perception of teacher effectiveness by both supervisors and students. (EKN)

Trained observers visited classrooms taught by university lecturers receiving either low, medium, or high student ratings. The observers estimated the frequency of occurrence of 60 specific, low-inference teaching behaviors. Significant differences were found for 26 individual behaviors. Three factors (clarity, enthusiasm, and rapport) differed…

Observations of third- and fourth-grade classroom reading lessons revealed not only that text-related reading comprehension was seldom taught, but also that a coordinated or topically organized sequence of text reading instruction was rare. (FL)

Suggests ways teachers can find and encourage gifted minority students. (JL)

Examines teacher expectations of students in the classroom and the ways that students help to create and/or maintain such expectations. An observational study of children's classroom behavior focuses on the behavior of students independent of interaction with teachers. Subjects are 63 fourth, fifth and six graders. (CM)

The Bellevue Administrative Professional Development Program was successful in its attempt to have principals learn and apply the skills of clinical supervision. Future opportunities for maintaining the principals' abilities to apply such skills should emphasize the planning and conducting of postobservation conferences with the teacher. (JN)

Six first- and second-grade teachers were observed while teaching their students how to read in order to examine the methods and rationale they employed for assistance during reading group instruction. (MP)

Individual differences in the social behavior of young siblings were studied in 40 sibling pairs observed at home, when the second child was 8 months old and 14 months old. Differences between same-sex and different-sex sibling pairs were marked by the second observation. More positive social behavior characterized same-sex pairs; more negative…

In this ethnographic study, four context variables emerged as having importance for teacher behavior: lesson type (new material, continuing topic, review); subject matter; size of instructional group (whole class, small group, individual); and time of day or week. Teacher behavior categories analyzed were: diagnostician, designer, facilitator,…