The study identifies the particular traits that each of the personality inventories is likely to identify, at least with the specific population of teacher candidates at the University of Utah. (Author)

Empirical findings on effects of teacher preconceptions of pupils' abilities on student performance are complex and contradictory. Some of the contradictions can be resolved by considering variables intervening between an expectancy manipulation (induced in the teacher by information provided by the investigator) and the evaluation of the…

This study, which attempts to evaluate the assessment of various forms of social behavior by teachers and college students, is an extension of an earlier investigation (Stanton 1973). (Author)

Purpose of study was to determine how students evaluated the affective behavior of their teacher when that behavior reflected positive, neutral, and negative affect, respectively. (Author)

Reports a study in which 38 significant correlations were found between teacher characteristics and children's classroom behavior. (TO)

A presentation of findings from a research project at Syracuse University on what happens when mediating devices are introduced into the classroom. (HB)

Examined the nature of teacher responses to preschoolers' problem and preacademic behavior as a function of sex. Teachers generally responded more frequently to boys. (ST)

Questions the semantic behavior of English teachers in classroom situations, demanding of them the same high standards and communication accuracy they demand of their students. (RB)

Presents the contributions that observational methodology is making in the evaluation of early childhood programs. (Author/RK)

Article explored what teachers considered as good or ideal teaching behavior, ideal teacher soliciting behaviors, ideal teacher reacting behaviors, and the ideal teaching-learning environment. (Author/RK)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of microteaching in developing the actual classroom use of twelve questionning skills when used immediately prior to a student teaching experience. (Author)

The fundamental decisions to be made are moral and philosophical ones. There are experts on language and reading and child development, but there are no experts on moral and philosophical decision-making. (Author/CB)

The importance of individual differences among preschool teachers in implementing curriculum models is discussed. Interaction between the role expectations associated with a model and individual teacher styles accounts for the variation found within any one model. No matter what model is implemented, teacher variables largely determine degree of…

The purpose of this study is to assess the utility of applying reinforcement theory to the observational study of pupil-initiated verbalizations within the classroom. (Author)

The interaction style of a pupil depends on his personality, motivational and cognitive traits, his location in the classroom and the similarity of his personality to that of the teacher.'' Combinations of personal traits and teacher attention can determine pupils' academic and social success. (Author/AL)