In this small study, fifty references on individual teachers by their headteachers were content analysed by the author in an endeavor to find out just what was being said. (Author)

This study concludes that underachieving elementary students can be effectively motivated through the use of positive reinforcement by paraprofessionals or nonprofessionals. (HV)

The purpose of this work was to obtain further information as to the practicality of behavior modification procedures in the classroom. (Author/RK)

School psychologists must abandon their traditional ties to tests. Instead, psychologists must develop consultative and training skills. To communicate more effectively with teachers, psychologists must become more knowledgeable about the learning process. In this way they will be able to recommend particular educational strategies to teachers.…

A natural experiment is examined as a test of the teacher expectancy hypothesis. It was hypothesized that pupils taught by the same teacher as their older siblings would perform better than those taught by a different teacher. (Author/KM)

It was shown that observation of a high-rewarding teacher was directly related to increased imitative behavior by students. (Author)

An overview of the development of protocol materials, with specific examples from the Utah State University Protocol Project, which concentrates on concepts of teacher language. (Author/HB)

Attitudes towards teaching as it is'' and teaching as it should be'' in different countries. (SP)

Describes performance-based certification programs that would be greatly facilitated by the establishment of teacher assessment centers. (Author/RK)

Reports results of study conducted in suburban school districts to determine relationship existing between perceptions teachers hold of themselves and their patterns of verbal interaction in the classroom. (DS)

Surveys court cases having an impact on teacher's freedom of expression. (JF)

Warns that successful transplantation of the British teacher center idea to America may involve a redistribution of power within the traditional educational structure. (Author/JH)

Author describes a variety of innovative teaching methods designed to prompt students to learn and appreciate music. (RK)

Article suggests a change in the learning process, which will bring about a more personal mode of instruction. (RK)

Using praise and student-initiated ideas, along with avoiding criticism and showing positive regard for the student as a person, characterized teachers who tended to promote the child's own goals. (Editor)