The results of teacher effectiveness research in general education are summarized, the best practices in special education are hypothesized, and the discrepancies between prevailing and actual practices are discussed. Areas for future research are suggested based on discrepancies that exist between levels of current practice. (Author/CB)

A teacher's style of communication tells students how to interpret the instructional content and affects students' feelings toward the teacher and the class. A variety of communication styles, style levels, and units of analysis of style are discernable. (Author/MSE)

Research on achievement in mathematics indicates that student attitudes, teacher behavior, and classroom organization affect student level of success. Strategies for teaching mathematics effectively are presented. (DF)

As classroom managers, teachers have at their disposal five power bases categorized by French and Raven as coercive, reward, legitimate, referent, and expert power, all of which are dependent on student perceptions. Teachers have a responsibility to understand, and then selectively apply, each power base. (Author/MT)

Ten recommendations for teacher educators are given, concerning the relationship between teacher behavior and student achievement, teaching students to think, student recruitment, curriculum based on sound educational theory, counseling students, clinical experience, leadership, competence in subject matter or technical area, and being an example…

Reports on a survey of seventh- and eleventh-grade students showing that students want both love and authority from their teachers. (FL)

According to the Spectrum concept, all teaching is a chain of deliberate acts resulting from a decision-making process that begins before the teaching transaction and continues through evaluation. The Spectrum places all styles of teaching on a continuum according to whether teachers or learners are most responsible for decision making. (PGD)

It is argued that second-language classroom communication is often limited by the lack of instructor use of tonic pronouns. Two uses of the pronoun form that should be used from the beginning of the second-language program to promote authentic communication are described. (MSE)

Consists of 20 authors' recollection of English teachers who were most influential in their lives. Authors include Allen Ginsberg, Steve Katz; David Madden, David Unger, and Anne Waldman. (DF)

Describes a survey of how Italian is taught in South Australian primary classrooms. Teachers in six classrooms were observed and recorded to measure the language used, the amount of time spent speaking Italian and English, the language used by children, and the content of pupils' and teachers' spoken Italian. (SED)

Provides a composite view of the combination of teacher qualities and actions that make a teacher effective. (HOD)

Argues the case for relevant literature about being supervised. Notes barriers to effective supervision, some of which are attributable to "supervisee." Examines two bodies of advice to the supervisee: gamesmanship and common sense. Explains games of weakness and strength. Explains 10 principles of a common-sense approach to being…

Uses the concepts of "identity" and "situational identity," to focus on student-perceived consequences of teachers' pet and class victim phenomena in the high school setting. Analyzes five classes of consequences: being left out, the marking process, the disciplinary process, disliking teachers, and antipathy and empathy among…

Relationships among teacher expectation, social interactions, and student performance are studied in this article. An educational research model was developed to provide a way of establishing connections in how research findings could be used in forming effective instructional strategies. Methods of model construction are given. (Author/DF)

A study was initiated to determine how preservice teachers would rate selected teacher competencies on relative importance and learning potential. Grooming and health, subject matter knowledge, and classroom maintenance were considered most learnable. Important competencies were respecting students, showing maturity, and showing interest in…