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Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1979
This study, fifth in a series of seven, was written by two second grade teachers in different schools who participated in a research project addressing the problem of coping with disruptive behavior in the classroom. The instructional environments of each school and classroom as well as the characteristics of the teachers and their pupils are…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Coping, Discipline
APT, MADELINE HEIKES – 1966
THIS STUDY TESTS THE HYPOTHESIS THAT COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR BEHAVIOR CAN BE IDENTIFIED AND MEASURED BY THE USE OF A GRAPHIC RATING SCALE WHEN THE RATER RESPONDS TO COMMON BIPOLAR ADJECTIVES. THE BEHAVIORS WILL YIELD, WHEN SUBJECTED TO FACTOR ANALYSIS, CLUSTERS OF TRAITS WHICH WOULD IDENTIFY SUBGROUPS OF COLLEGE INSTRUCTORS. STUDENT RATINGS OF COLLEGE…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, College Faculty, Educational Theories, Humanities
ALEXANDER, WILLIAM M.; HINES, VYNCE A. – 1967
THIS PROJECT EXPLORED THE HYPOTHESIS THAT HIGH SCHOOL SELF-EVALUATIONS BASED ON THE EVALUATIVE CRITERIA OF THE NATIONAL STUDY OF SECONDARY SCHOOL EVALUATION PRODUCE CURRICULUM CHANGE AND HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE BEHAVIOR AND ATTITUDES OF TEACHERS. THIS PROCESS OF SELF-EVALUATION WAS COMPLETED BY THE SCHOOL FACULTY, FOLLOWED BY A REVIEW OF A VISITING…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Evaluation Criteria
LUCIO, WILLIAM H.; AND OTHERS – 1967
FOUR POSITION PAPERS PRESENT CURRENT PERSPECTIVES AND PROPOSITIONS ABOUT SUPERVISION, EMPHASIZING ITS GOAL-ORIENTED INSTRUCTIONAL ASPECTS, DIFFERENTIATED SUPERVISORY FUNCTIONS, AND A TEAM APPROACH TO SUPERVISORY TASKS. SUBJECTS CONSIDERED INCLUDE--(1) THE SUPERVISORY FUNCTION--CONCEPTS OF ORGANIZATION WHICH HAVE AFFECTED SUPERVISORY PURPOSES AND…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Objectives
Joyce, Bruce – 1980
Drawing on a recent series of investigations into teacher information processing while teaching, a set of propositions to guide inquiry into the relationship between thought and action in the classroom are advanced. These propositions represent a "pre-theory"--steps toward defining the nature of information processing during teaching and the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
Houston, W. Robert – 1975
In discussing the importance of a competency based approach to teacher education and potential concerns for program integrity, four points are emphasized: (1) In Competency Based Education (CBE), stated competencies define all other program elements; (2) Many programs do not possess internal consistency, integrity, or external validity; (3) CBE…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Comparative Analysis, Competency Based Teacher Education
Glynn, Ted; McNaughton, Stuart – 1979
A state of the art survey provided an overview of approximately ten years of applied behavior analysis research in New Zealand. Research areas identified in an earlier review are updated in this report, and current directions in research activities are identified. General programs, including innovative special education facilities and remedial…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis
Byers, Joe L.; Evans, Thomas E. – 1980
A total of 29 teachers and 227 elementary school students participated in a study that examined teachers' judgments of their students' reading preferences as indicated by book selections. Children were asked to choose books they would like to read from a list of book descriptions. Teachers were then asked to predict their selections. Results…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Childhood Interests, Congruence (Psychology), Decision Making
Worsham, Murray E.; Evertson, Carolyn M. – 1980
A study was conducted to determine the relationship between effective classroom management and the manner in which teachers assign and hold students responsible for written work in junior high schools. Seven more effective and seven less effective teachers were studied, and a summary of each teacher's accountability systems was written. Based on…
Descriptors: Accountability, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, English Instruction
Layton, James R. – 1980
Stressing the need to match teacher behaviors, student characteristics, and learning environments for successful reading instruction, this review of research considers a variety of factors that can help and hinder student reading achievement. The factors discussed include the characteristics of good teaching, circumstances that hinder student…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Influences, Literature Reviews
Lewis, Larry, Ed. – 1978
According to Oklahoma law, terminated tenured teachers have a right to a hearing before a hearing judge to contest the school board's decision to terminate that teacher's contract. Copies of the written reports of these hearings submitted by the hearing judges to the State Board of Education are reprinted in this volume. Twelve cases and their…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Competence, Court Litigation, Dismissal (Personnel)
Swarthout, Donald W. – 1980
Different research traditions on social cognition are reviewed to determine how they can be used in the study of classroom life. A structural-developmental perspective is more applicable to the study of the social cognitive outcomes of schooling than to the explanation of student behavior in the classroom. The information processing approach…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques
Marston, P. T.; Borchardt, L. M. – 1979
Previous research studies show that interacting elements affecting reported classroom observation of teacher behavior are: (1) teacher characteristics; (2) observer characteristics; (3) influence of status characteristics upon social interaction; (4) effect of sex and topic on judgment of competence; (5) beliefs concerning teaching and teaching…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes, Bias, Classroom Observation Techniques
Licata, Joseph W. – 1980
Two types of teacher behavior were elicited from student responses to the Pupil Control Behavior Form (PCB). Two custodial teacher types emerged from the data: the "screamer" type, described as a teacher who controlled pupil behavior with verbal methods that expressed anger or frustration; and the "cold fish" type, depicted as a teacher who…
Descriptors: Classification, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Discipline
Adelberger, Audra; Wiseman, Evelyn – 1980
This booklet outlines an inservice teacher education workshop that promotes sex equity in elementary school physical education. Participants are made aware of student and teacher attitudes, stereotypes, perceptions, and ways to eliminate sex differentiation in the classroom. Discussion questions, hypothetical problems, audiovisual materials, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Equal Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Physical Education
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