The purpose of this study was to examine the use of a visual prompt placed within an actual music teaching situation to effect changes in the frequency of teacher antecedents (spoken questions and statements), the quality of those antecedents (appropriate and inappropriate questions), and the frequency of teacher consequents (spoken approvals).…

Describes the fourth revision of the Observation Rating form used to systematically analyze what goes on in a classroom while a teacher works with children in the area of science, as well as directions for using the form. The instrument is used in teacher education programs as well. (EB)

Offers planning suggestions for full-day child care programs intended to make the day pleasant for children and less tiring for caregivers. (ED)

It is the thesis of this article that an "idiographic holistic" model is needed in order to develop fruitful thinking and research in education. (Author/RK)

This article presents a scale for the measurement of teacher-provided levels of Meaning, an interpersonal process variable similar to the characteristic called Empathy by Carl Rogers. (Author)

In an attempt to protect consumers of education this article considered the qualifications of those teachers studying for their doctorate degree. (RK)

Article examined the methodological procedures that will yield sufficient knowledge about the characteristics of successful classroom teachers. (Author/RK)

An open classroom advocate who believes that the virtues of a classroom rely on the presence of the teacher urges teachers to think creatively about themselves and the world they live in, rather than embrace unquestioningly another educational formula. (Author/CS)

This article describes two experiments determining the effect of video tape feedback on teacher behavior. (PD)

In an attempt to change the teacher's behavior toward all children rather than to modify the behavior of problem children, this workshop model for training counselors to serve as behavioral consultants to teachers has been developed. (Author/PC)

This study examined the extent to which teacher verbal behavior in the classroom reflected the type and level of cognitive processes as conceptualized by Sternberg's componential theory of intelligence. The frequency and distribution of these behaviors within and across disciplines was also explored. Twenty-three teachers in four high schools were…

Thirty-three teacher behaviors previously identified as characteristic of teachers effective with mainstreamed students were examined for their effects on peer acceptance of the mainstreamed students. Elementary teachers (N=118) participated. Classroom observations were recorded and a group test of peer acceptance was administered. Correlational…

A professional journal, written by teachers and read by curriculum researchers, may help the collaborative process needed to produce effective curricula that teachers will use in their classrooms. A journal of this kind could help researchers understand teachers' thought and planning processes and why curricula may have been adapted in a special…

This research examined the relationships among three variables--teacher personality, teacher pupil control attitudes, and teacher pupil control behavior--to determine whether teacher personality or pupil control attitudes were the better predictor of pupil control behavior. Subjects were 102 junior high school teachers. The major finding of the…

This paper summarizes research-based knowledge about how teachers learn to teach. Rather than presenting a study-by-study review of the literature, major themes are delineated that are present in the body of research about teaching, and a limited number of studies are reviewed. Two broad lines of inquiry on the process of learning to teach are…