The study examined teacher-student interaction patterns in 21 classrooms serving mainstreamed third and fourth grade mildly handicapped (mildly mentally retarded, mildly emotionally handicapped, and learning disabled) students. Three groups of target students were observed: nonhandicapped high achievers, nonhandicapped low achievers, and mildly…

A model of teacher behavior and interaction with students was designed using the results of the Questionnaire for Interactional Teacher-behavior (QUIT). Responses were obtained from 91 teachers and 2407 secondary school students. The questionnaire measured teacher behavior, as seen by the teacher and by the students, on scales that ranged from…

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of several instructional formats (e.g., lecture, discourse, seatwork) on the generalizability of teacher behaviors. Two structured observation instruments were used to observe two samples of teachers: 42 fifth grade science teachers on eight occasions, and 87 fifth grade mathematics teachers…

This paper is a summary and critique of proposals submitted to Division C, Section Two, "Teacher Behavior and Education" for consideration for the American Educational Research Association 1974 Annual Meeting; proposals are grouped into nine topics. (Author/JM)

The degree of proof needed for conviction in a criminal action (which is "proof beyond a reasonable doubt") is greater than the proof needed to obtain a judgment in a teacher-dismissal civil action (which is "a preponderance of the evidence"). (Author)

The most important thing in education is not the data we present, but whether we present them vitally. (JH)

Although this analysis deals with the psychological consequences of the teacher's attempt to change her style of teaching, the issues explored should prove of interest to anyone concerned with educational change. (CS)

In a study of teacher expectations and behavior, teachers were told that certain children would bloom in creative ability. Eight months later the designated bloomers showed gains in creativity scores as well as in their IQ scores. (ST)

This study suggests that, given the way public schools are presently organized, teacher styles seem to make very little difference in the degree to which the traditional values of work, time, authority, order, and perhaps achievement are emphasized. One can infer that children attending public school, in whatever permutation, will find that…

This inventory lists appropriate behaviors or skills for industrial arts teachers at the middle and secondary school levels in the following seven areas: (1) program and course organization, (2) teaching methodology, (3) educational technology and media use, (4) laboratory management, (5) observation, (6) student performance evaluation, and (7)…

This study reports on attempts to involve forty British teachers in a program of research into implementing inquiry/discovery approaches to teaching in classrooms, following the failure of a previous curriculum reform movement at the implementation stage. It was hypothesized that a fundamental problem of curriculum reform lies in the clash between…

The Illinois Ratings of Teacher Effectiveness (IRTE) is an instrument for recording senior high school student perceptions of teacher performance in ten trait areas: teacher appearance, ability to explain, friendliness, grading fairness, discipline, outside classroom assignments, enjoyment of teaching, voice, mannerisms, and command of subject…

The study's thesis is that teachers evolve responses to all levels of their occupational experience--ideological, organizational, and interpersonal--in relative isolation. (AUTHOR/NQ)

Adaptation of Monograph Prepared for Westinghouse Learning Corp.