Several suggestions concerning affective teaching methods are made based on Hesse's novel, Siddartha.'' (MM)

The purpose of the present study was to investigate relationships between college students' ratings of classroom behavior and variables concerning student perceptions and teachers' personality traits. (Author/RK)

Discussion of Teacher Behavior in a Modular-Flexible Scheduled School: A Comparative Study,'' Ph.D Dissertation by Owen Paul Halleeen, University of Minnesota, 1972. (CB)

Examines direct observation procedures which can be used to measure classroom behavior variables. (Author)

Psychologists and psychiatrists have brought on themselves the infallible expert status.'' It is no longer functional. It reinforces other people's poor self image, their inferiority feelings, and their guilt feelings. Instead they should practice accurate empathy, nonpossessive warmth, and genuineness.'' (The editor suggests substituting the…

Differential teacher behavior toward different students was studied in relation to the attitudes teachers held toward those students. (Authors)

Reports on an evaluation project conducted by the National Education Association, Minnesota Education Association, and the Rochester (Minnesota) Education Association in which students, supervisors, peers, outside groups, or a combination of these can engage in formal evaluation of teachers. (DS)

The purpose of the present article is to react to the arguments presented in a booklet, Educational Accountability: Beyond Behavioral Objectives, that discusses the role of behavioral objectives. (Author/RK)

This article presents four strategies children use in the classroom to avoid learning; remedies for these situations are given. (BB)

Two court decisions illustrate that school personnel have responsibilities and rights in the area of student control; but courts also are cognizant of the fact that teachers, like other human beings, may err. (Author/MF)

Female science teachers were found to be more emotionally stable, tough minded, resourceful and self-sufficient than female non-science teachers. The science teachers in the upper quarter of the modified Ryans Scale appeared more timid but more imaginative than the teachers in the lower quarter. (DF)

Results of experiment showed that the use of an FM wireless microphone and an FM radio were effective in modifying the behavior of student interns within the context of the classroom itself. (Author)

Results reflect primarily a higher number of instructional contacts to girls rather than a tendency of teachers to be more reinforcing to them. (Authors)

Author found that the verbal behavior of an experimental group was significantly more indirect than that of the control group, supporting the hypothesis that audio tapes are effective for observational learning of a specific teaching behavior. (Editor)