The effects of a competency based intervention strategy on selected behaviors of student teachers in physical education were investigated to determine if there was any subsequent change in two categories of pupil behavior. Subjects received a competency based package, which included specific instructions, a reading sheet, graphic feedback, cues,…

Three studies on teacher planning procedures are described and synthesized--a survey, a laboratory study, and a series of case studies. The primary goal of this research was to determine how teachers plan classroom activities, why they plan in certain ways, and what is the relationship between teacher planning and teaching effectiveness. A survey…

Twenty-nine student teachers selected for high success orientation toward teaching, compared with 34 controls selected for high failure-avoidance orientation, took relatively more credit for their students' academic successes than they gave their students; they also accepted relatively more blame for students' failures. However, an analysis of the…

A profile of a male sixth-grade teacher is presented with the objective of demonstrating how his perception of his class determined his decision making and leadership style. The teacher was observed over a full school year. This teacher perceived his class as a cohesive, interacting group and he, as its leader, demonstrated the behaviors he wished…

THE NEWSLETTER COLLECTS AND DISTRIBUTES PROFESSIONAL ARTICLES, REPORTS OF OUTSTANDING PROGRAMS, AND INFORMATION ON MATERIALS AND RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATIONAL ENDEAVOR IN GRANITE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UTAH. THIS ISSUE IS CONCERNED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS, PROGRAM PREPARATION, EVALUATION, AND DESIGN OF A DEMONSTRATION CLASSROOM TO DEVELOP…

TEACHING IS CONSTANTLY BEING EVALUATED BY TEACHERS, PUPILS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND PARENTS. NOT ALL PERSONS WHO EVALUATE TEACHING ARE LOOKING FOR THE SAME THING. IF THE PROCESS OF EVALUATION IS TO LEAD TO IMPROVED INSTRUCTION, THE TEACHER WHOSE WORK IS BEING EVALUATED MUST COMPREHEND THE FRAME OF REFERENCE FROM WHICH THE EVALUATION IS INSTITUTED. A…

One hundred and forty secondary teacher candidates who were enrolled in a first course in teaching were the subjects of a seven-week study to determine the effects of microteaching in a Teaching Laboratory (TL) on verbal behaviors. All students taught a 10-minute pretest prior to the start of the study and then were divided into two groups. Group…

Some research and ideas about learning, which are of interest to elementary school counselors, deal with individual differences and classroom environment. Studies find girls markedly superior to boys in language skills, with boys better in analytic thinking and transfer of learning. However, no sex differences in intellect have been found. There…

Developed was a category system for first-hand systematic observation of the verbal and non-verbal behavior of high school biology teachers in both classroom and laboratory situations. This was used to investigate correlations between selected personality traits and the verbal and non-verbal behaviors of high school biology teachers. Some…

Four main considerations are basic to developing a program to prepare urban teachers: the degree to which the program is individualized, the nature of the personal models exerting influence on prospective teachers, the degree of freedom offered prospective teachers in their professional laboratory experiences, and the nature of the help received…

There are reasons why teaching behavior should be assessed, including (1) upgrading teacher education, (2) gaining insights into the learning of both teachers and children, and (3) studying social interactions. Two means of assessing teacher ability are quantification of teacher behavior by the use of rating scales, behavioral categories, etc.,…

This study is a followup conducted 1 year after the 1966 study (ED 001 162) which attempted to assess the effects of reduced loads and inservice help on the classroom behavior of 120 beginning teachers. A conclusion of the original study was that the experimental group showed at least 25% higher scores on teaching performances than the control…

This paper presents an extension of analyses of data on the Carroll County, Georgia, Competency Based Teacher Certification Project, of which the procedure, description of measures, and method of analysis have been described in related documents. Results from two additional observation instruments are reported, and the teacher-derived competencies…

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of audiovisual aids in the instruction of junior-level preservice teachers. The tapes used were vignettes of persons demonstrating specific teaching skills in the areas of lesson organization, questioning, using student ideas, praise and corrective feedback, and variety and variation in…

This study attempts to discover relationships between teacher classroom behaviors and pupil achievement. Observers rated thirty-two fifth-level teachers on the Global Rating Scales (GRS) and the Teacher Practices Observation Record (TPOR). The data were analyzed using a linear model in which classroom mean posttest math score was the criterion and…