This study tested a model of inservice education which used small group interaction sessions and individual feedback to assist teachers in continuing their professional development. The competencies (dealing with teacher classroom behavior) used as content during the group sessions were relevant to the experimental population of beginning primary…

Approximately 42 percent of the Harcum Junior College student body participated in a study of faculty effectiveness. Results of the Faculty Evaluation Check List, which consisted of 10 Likert-type items and two open-ended questions, indicate that students have high regard for their professors. A copy of the instrument is included. (AG)

This study found no significant difference in classroom teaching performance between participants enrolled in the three semester on-site teacher preparation sequence and participants enrolled in a one semester on-campus and two semester on-site sequence. Subjects were 39 volunteer undergraduate students enrolled in the Department of Secondary…

The school is viewed as a social system, composed of human beings interlocked in a network of social relationships and possessing a system of shared orientations which serve as standards for human behavior. Two related concepts are discussed: (1) pupil control ideology, conceptualized along a continuum ranging from "custodialism" to "humanism;"…

In this article the authors have summarized what appears to be the most important implications coming from the recent research on teaching behaviors in reading. This study indicated that: (1) trained teachers display method prescriptions while untrained teachers do not; (2) teacher personality influences teaching behavior; and (3) because teachers…

This conference paper focuses attention on the changing role of social studies in our changing society. Working groups comprised of teachers, administrators, curriculum supervisors, and professors met to exchange ideas on new programs, attitudes and views of problems, and possible solutions to problems in the field of social studies. The first…

Proposed in this document is a research and development program aimed at perfecting performance-based teacher training and assessment techniques. The program is described as a) being field centered (training and assessment techniques being accepted as a result of their observed effectiveness in the classroom), b) being achievement oriented, c)…

Eleven criteria for examining the teaching/learning situation in a classroom are proposed. These criteria, which relate to the percent of time students or teachers spend in the activities, are: (1) types of thought processes, (2) activity decisions, (3) motivation, (4) activity differentiation, participation and pacing, (5) activity form…

This document describes the Performance Based Undergraduate Program for the education of teachers at Brooklyn College--a program which encompasses the performance-based field-centered approach and the identification and analysis of teaching behaviors. Evaluation and feedback techniques are described as necessary parts of the curriculum for each of…

This paper discusses the supervisory use of one observational system -- Observation Schedule and Record, Form 5V (OScAR 5V). OScAR 5V refers to a series of observation schedules to develop techniques for obtaining an objective, quantitative record of observed classroom behavior that could be scored on dimensions of teacher behavior. Under this…

To develop a practical method of individualizing basal reading materials and to test possible effects upon pupils' achievement and awareness of the locus control of their learning when this method is employed, a fourth grade class received directive helpful teacher responses to their requests for assistance with workbook exercises. A tally of…

The two main purposes of this study were: (1) to determine the effectiveness of a teacher training program "Minicourse 9: Higher Cognitive Questioning"; and (2) to compare the relative effectiveness of two instructional techniques in changing teacher behavior-observation of videotaped model teachers displaying classroom skills, and reading of…

This paper investigated the consulting role of the elementary school counselor. A six-week training program was instituted which allows teachers to examine their own classroom behaviors through observing and analyzing video-tapes. An evaluation of the program impact on the pupil population indicated significant and positive mean gains in self…

In a replication and extension of work by Silberman (1969), differential teacher behavior toward different students was studied in relation to the attitudes teachers held toward those students. Using data on dyadic teacher-child interactions collected with the Brophy-Good system, contrasting patterns were noted in the ways teachers interacted with…

This study evaluated the effectiveness of a lecture on behavior modification techniques given to three elementary teaching staffs that were volunteered by their principals. It was expected that the group lecture would result in significant increases of teacher compliments and decreases of teacher reprimands even though the teachers did not request…