A board of education member reflects upon the philosophy of in-service teacher education, the complex needs involved in in-service programs, and the problems of meeting those needs. (JD)

Low income classrooms demand that teachers supervise and monitor students' seatwork actively and control private interactions with students. Praise and a relaxed climate are more important in low than high income settings. (JD)

Urges reading teachers to fight the cultural tendency to value conformity above performance, to increase their production of approval signals, and to use these signals to reinforce a variety of behaviors. (RL)

In theory and fact, in position and function, the principal is indeed the instructional leader of the school. There are research findings on teacher effectiveness that can and must be used by principals in their function of instructional leadership. (Author/MLF)

Examines teacher's beliefs and behavior regarding pupil control and their impact on fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students' perceptions of classroom life. Research indicates that humanistic teacher pupil-control behavior is associated with students' reports of high classroom robustness. Inconsistencies between male ideology and behavior are…

Close cooperation between the college supervisor and the cooperating classroom teacher is essential to the success of the student teaching experience. (JD)

Measures of teacher behavior are related to student achievement in fifth grade reading and mathematics instruction. It was found that those measures of teacher behavior which were generalizable (that is, more highly reliable) were found to be significantly related to student achievement. (JKS)

The author directs comments to first-year vocational agricultural teachers: importance of personal interest, developing a teaching philosophy and teaching techniques, being ambitious, and using good judgment. (JH)

The hypothesis that multisensory imagery is a specific teacher competency associated with effective pedagogy, particularly in special education, was tested in a study of 63 special education teacher trainees (18-24 years old) who were given a self-report graphic Multisensory Imagery Scale. (Author)

Teachers use punishment for undesirable behavior more frequently in response to male students than female students. (JD)

A study concluded that significant differences did exist in the inclusion of females when using masculine/generic as compared to neutral/generic nouns. (DD)

A laboratory teaching experience (L.T.E.) was designed to focus on three teaching behaviors. It was recognized that a behavioral approach to teaching simplified its complexity by isolating specific teaching behaviors. Discusses the development and evaluation of the laboratory teaching experience. (Author/RK)

Effects of a category system for social organization in the classroom on teachers' abilities to adopt a more flexible role are investigated. (GW)

Reported are research projects questioning the effectiveness of inservice teacher training and the effects of various mathematical curricula on student learning. (GW)

Briefly reviews several studies that point to a close relationship between administrative behavior and the productivity of teachers and pupils. (Author/JG)