A survey of college students regarding course evaluation forms reveals that students feel that while rating forms provide an effective method of evaluation, the results are ignored by many teachers. Students feel that teachers do not change their behavior as a result of weaknesses identified by the students. (JMF)

Relationships between student attitudes toward Edward Keller plan psychology courses and student ratings of specific teacher behaviors and class characteristics were investigated in a study of 563 senior high school students enrolled in Keller plan courses. Practical course value and teacher enthusiasm were positively related to the students'…

"Language-related" refers mainly to teacher-guided communication, aimed at revealing the progress of language learning. "Information-related" communication, a two-way process, refers to all other speech intentions. Suggestions are given for stimulating spontaneous use of information-related materials. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Numerous methods of evaluating language teaching and learning are in common use, including direct classroom observation. A time-interval recording system is offered as a practical and reliable technique. It includes describing behavior to be observed, recording occurrences in a time interval, charting progress and interpreting findings. (CHK)

Indicates that low-reading ability students of teachers trained how to make decisions about when and how to explain the mental processing associated with using reading skills as strategies were more aware of lesson content and of the need to be strategic when reading and scored better on several measures of reading achievement than did students of…

Considers various approaches to teacher education (with focus on the teaching of English to speakers of other languages) which attempt to bring about the gradual development and understanding of the process of effective teaching, including microapproaches, macroapproaches, and their applications for teacher preparation. (Author/CB)

Analyzes teacher beliefs concerning academically at risk students in inner urban schools. Categorizes teacher beliefs on the following two dimensions: (1) whether teachers believe some type of instructional assistance could improve achievement or whether they ignore low performance; and (2) whether teachers assume the responsibility for improving…

A "French for Business" course is used to illustrate how emphasis on oral performance (communicative competence), at the expense of objective evaluation and correction, can encourage students to communicate at rudimentary levels, thus undermining more fully developed and complex target language communication. (Author/CB)

Instructions between 12 third-grade teachers and their students were coded by observers who also rated the quality of teacher instruction. Questionnaires measured teachers' perception and attitudes. Teachers showing more concern for lower achieving students also received lower ratings on their teaching quality. (Author/BS)

Eighteen Venezuelan elementary school teachers, trained to provide constructive written feedback on their sixth grade students' mathematics homework, did so three times weekly for ten weeks. In addition to learning and attitude outcomes, aptitude-treatment interactions were examined among treatments and student ability, attitude, and sex.…

Describes a study that examined the potential of a short inservice course (one week) with the teaching of experimental science in the primary school. Results indicated that participation in the course resulted in an increase in the amount of classroom time devoted to experimental science by the teachers involved (N=31). (ML)

Ratings of the physical attractiveness of 11-to-12-year-old children were obtained, and the association between physical attractiveness and teachers' judgements of these children were examined. Teachers revealed a systematic tendency to rate girls higher than boys, and significant sex differences were observed in teachers' ratings of…

Presented is a general overview of mathematics anxiety, its definition, and techniques to measure it. Included are a brief discussion of gender-related issues and an analysis of research on effects of mathematics anxiety on elementary teachers. Contained are some intervention strategies and treatments, conclusions and implications for further…

Five expert teachers in gifted education and ten teachers without specialized training were compared on perceptions of and provision for gifted students. Responses differed markedly in allocation of responsibility for learning, depth of suggested activities, general organizational schema, programming of academic subjects, perception of the…

Describes how teachers manage multitask classroom activities by defining teacher and student work cycles, sorting students into attention categories by assessing their work daily, and providing assistance to students according to need. Includes figures illustrating student's and teacher's work cycles and the three levels of classroom decision…