Pupils in ten primary schools were taught two lessons, separated by a two week interval, by ten student teachers. After each lesson both pupils and student teachers completed questionnaires concerning their performance and attitudes. Results of students' assessments of their teachers proved quite reliable. (Editor/RK)

Argues that the teacher in his role as mediator of culture can do the most good (or harm) in creating acceptance for and affirmation of racial and cultural differences. Emphasizes the need to clarify the conceptual meaning of the role of the mediator of culture and to advocate education that is multicultural. (Editor/RK)

The Critical Teacher Behavior Observation Instrument is currently being tested at the University of California; its function is to help teachers increase knowledge of their teaching so they may determine what teaching skills need to be improved. (JD)

School psychologists (N=6) structured their teacher consultation according to three consultative modes which varied primarily in the number of follow-up contacts. The findings indicated that follow-up contacts led to greater teacher implementation of recommendations, greater perceived pupil behavior improvement, and greater sense of cooperative…

This report summarizes the results of seven observation studies concerning teacher behavior, learning activities, verbal communication, the effect of teacher behavior on pupil achievement, training programs in interaction analysis, and children's interest in elementary social studies. Discussions and recommendations based on the research data are…

Observation of student teacher behavior was undertaken to determine interpretive and managerial skills necessary for adapting to the environmental demands of classrooms. The five skills isolated were (1) "chunking" (grouping discrete events), (2) differentiation (distinguishing the importance of events), (3) overlap (handling several events at…

The effects of systematically varied verbal and nonverbal components of teachers' evaluative behavior upon children's perceptions and attitudes were studied within an experimental classroom. Subjects were 126 sixth-grade students. (Author)

This study was undertaken to determine which verbal behaviors teachers value, where they acquired their verbal behaviors, and how they justify them. (JD)

Describes a successful summer institute utilizing videotaped microteaching and Flanders Interaction Analysis to help 14 community college professors improve their methods of interacting with students. (DC)

The use of videotape as an instructional tool in teacher education has proved to be of considerable value. (JD)

The purpose of this research was to determine whether the Utah State University (USU) Protocol Modules dealing with classroom management and pupil self-concept would bring about significant changes in the performance of in-service elementary school teachers and the pupils in their classrooms. (Author)

Authors express their concern for the children whose identities, still so much in the process of growth, are under great pressure from teachers who engage in classroom versions of encounter groups. (Editor/RK)

Surveys of 60 preschool teachers and in-depth interviews with 10 other teachers regarding assessment and instructional decision-making practices with handicapped children revealed that evaluation and monitoring procedures were not used systematically or regularly. Behavioral observations were the most widely used single source of information for…

Attributes of teachers remembered by students as effective and memorable included commitment, goal orientation, integrated perception, reward orientation, individualized perception, innovation, objectivity, rapport, active listening, and empathy. (CB)

The author examines studies that have sought to enhance self-esteem in school children by experimental means. He reviews work that has sought intervention through (1) curriculum, (2) classroom techniques, (3) teacher behavior, and (4) student behavior modification. (Author/CH)