Reported is a study of differences in the observed verbal behaviors of various groupings of teachers (four pre-service and four in-service) and pupils (fifth- and sixth-grade in science and social studies) in a series of creative and non-creative lessons. The factors studied were: (1) creativity of lessons; (2) subject matter (social studies…

The Wisconsin Inventory of Science Processes and the Scientific Attitude Inventory were given as pre- and posttests to 34 junior high school science teachers to determine if changes in knowledge of the processes of science and attitude toward science were produced as a result of a formal training program emphasizing a process oriented approach to…

The vocational education teacher was the focus of this study designed to gain a better understanding of how communication relates to teaching effectiveness in a vocational setting. Teaching effectiveness was defined in terms of four criteria: supervisor evaluations of teachers, student evaluations of teachers, absentee rate, and drop rate. The…

The reading habits of inservice elementary school teachers were surveyed through questionnaires administered in the summers of 1966 and 1972. The present study examined the findings of the two surveys for differences and possible inferences. Answers were sought to such questions as what magazines other than professional education journals were…

This study sought to determine the effects of a recruitment pattern and a group-training condition on the onset and quality of implementation and survival over time of a first-grade science unit. Recruitment was by singles or pairs and training was for elementary science only or elementary science plus collaboration skills, making four treatment…

This reports the results of a pilot effort to investigate how social studies teachers attempt to resolve a situation in which values conflict. Ninety-two elementary and secondary teachers randomly selected from participants in two social studies conferences were asked to describe in writing an incident in which they were faced with a dilemma.…

A self-observation training program developed for teachers was tried out with a group of intern teachers. After some modifications of the program, the effects of the training on selected teacher and student behaviors were assessed by two experienced elementary teachers. Changes in three teacher behaviors (contingent praise, positive nonverbal…

This study evaluated the in-service teacher training program in the Francis Howell R-III Schools, Columbia, Missouri. The program sought to modify the instructional behavior of teachers in the areas of a) increased pupil verbal participation, b) decreased teacher dominance of the verbal classroom environment, c) increased skill and ability to…

Reports on a third account of a longitudinal investigation of the effects of the installation of a curriculum engineering system in a suburban Illinois elementary school district. A system of curriculum engineering is explained as involving the organization of all personnel in the school district in the performance of the two primary functions of…

Reported is a study to determine changes in classroom verbal behaviors of 23 student teachers in secondary science and the relationship of the behaviors of their respective cooperating teachers to these changes. The investigator attempted to identify the relationship between perception of the student teacher by the science students and the…

This pilot study investigates the socializing effect of school environments, specifically with respect to helping and sharing in children. Environmental conditions presumed to promote the development of helping and sharing in children are: (1) interdependent goals, (2) modeling, (3) reward of helping and sharing, (4) awareness of others' feelings,…

A Title III open classroom project was run in Wayne, New Jersey, in grades 1-3 in one elementary school and grades 1-5 in a second. After one year of the program, comparisons with grades 1-5 of a matched control school in the same community were made. Open classroom teachers were found to be more flexible in their use of space and organization of…

Reported is a study into the teaching behaviors of elementary science teachers based on the philosophy of Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS). One hundred eighty-four teachers were selected from a large geographical area, having widely differing backgrounds and varying education and/or experience with SCIS programs. The Predicted Role…

Reported is an investigation of the perceived-importance and perceived-presence of consultant activities via teachers, principals, and consultants. The selected consultant behaviors focused on classroom interactions with teachers and children. Three groups of educators were selected: 65 teachers who had implemented the process-oriented curriculum;…

Reported is a study to examine whether teachers are able to perceive accurately the way students feel about science. The study investigated the relationships between the teachers' observations and the students' own reported feelings about their interest, appreciation, attitude and values as related toward science. Two affective-domain instruments…