This report supplements two earlier 1973 reports by the authors concerning process product relationships in the first year of the Texas Teacher Effectiveness Project. The present report supplements the linear correlations given in the earlier reports by presenting nonlinear relationships in these data. Many such relationships indicate that optimal…

This case study describes a broad program of individualized instruction used with a preschool boy exhibiting severe behavior problems. The emphasis of the intervention program was to provide extensive one-to-one interaction between teacher and child. It was designed as an attempt to imitate the common parent-child relationships of children who…

This report presents the background of the development of a series of questionnaires and observation procedures designed to gather information on day care in Pennsylvania. The document discusses the procedures and evaluation strategy of the Pennsylvania Day Care Study Project. Two basic questionnaire forms were developed, each with one version for…

Presented is a discussion of three types of teacher competencies: cognitive, performance, and consequence. The study identifies some methods for measuring outcomes in each of the three categories. Also discussed is the problem of designing research studies for investigating teacher effectiveness. (PEB)

This textbook on verbal classroom interaction is designed to be used as one unit in an educational psychology course at the postsecondary level. The book is divided into three sections which discuss the Flanders' Interaction Analysis System (FIAS), the categories in the system, and the use of the system. The first section gives the underlying…

This system of student evaluation of teaching was developed for use at any teaching facility. Based on a 1964 study, the authors postulated that there are six "universal" dimensions of teaching that can be identified in diverse teaching situations. A random sample of 2,000 University of Minnesota students were asked to place…

This paper reviews studies of teacher anxiety (stress and tension) with a focus on the incidence, sources, and effects of anxiety, and methods of reducing it. Previously, global definitions of anxiety have been used, and assessment has been largely restricted to paper-and-pencil measures. The incidence of anxiety among teachers, both beginning and…

The purpose of the study was to devise a taxonomy of moves and strategies found in the teaching of a skill venture at the secondary school level. Fifty-seven hours of classroom instruction were audiotaped from a sample consisting of teachers of various preparation, age, and experience levels from schools of various sizes, location, and…

Reported is a study to ascertain if experienced science teachers would modify their teaching behavior after observing and studying an instructional model; to ascertain if changes in teacher behavior after this experience would be in the direction of the model; to determine the relative effectiveness of different displays of the instructional model…

This study attempts to generate hypotheses concerning teacher performance in the classroom. Seventeen teachers were videotaped while teaching a lesson. Pupils completed an achievement test and a rating scale of these teachers which placed the teacher in a high-, medium, or low-effect group. A comparison of the frequency and types of questioning…

In a two-part study to determine if an inservice education program could change attitudes toward language and behavior in teaching language, 34 secondary English teachers took a graduate level linguistics course and participated in a four-day language workshop which included the writing of a language curriculum guide. A questionnaire was then…

This study investigated graduate students' perceptions of ideal and actual instructor behavior, the match between ideal and actual behavior, and relations of these variables to student and course characteristics. A review of over 300 psychological and educational articles identified four basic dimensions of leader and teacher behavior:…

This study evaluated five Family Life Education Workshops designed to prepare elementary and secondary school teachers in Contra Costa County, California, to offer instruction in family life education, with an emphasis on healthy sexuality. The 30-hour workshops were offered in spring and summer 1968, winter and summer 1969, and fall 1970.…

This study of a random national sample of 3,248 teachers in the continental United States and 304 teachers from Hawaii was conducted to find similarities and differences among groups of in-service teachers who were classified according to their self-reported childhood financial status and cultural background. A secondary goal of the study was the…

This paper briefly outlines some problems one must solve when developing a video-based test to evaluate what a teacher knows about learning and instruction. Consideration is given to the effect the use of videotapes of actual classroom behavior have on test planning. Two methods of incorporating such situational material into the test…