Two experiences designed to develop perceptual frameworks for bringing education course content into personal relevance were tested. The study examined the effects of two experimental and one control experiences on change in teacher behavior and concern level. Forty-nine beginning preservice teachers were randomly assigned to one of three…

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…

Signs/Lights/Boston, a project investigating environmental information systems in urban areas, was undertaken as the first step in a process of planning and controlling signs and lights for purposes of improving the flow of information in the city. This resulting report takes the city as it is and develops explicit means for revealing its form,…

The potentiality of macroanalysis of interactive dialogue was studied for ten suburban school teachers and their very high and very low ability student groups. Macroanalysis is the computerized analysis of interaction data into units of three or more tallies with the number of unit occurrences determinable. The sample groups had a mean IQ…

This study described and analyzed questions that teachers ask their pupils and investigated the teachers' responses to their pupils' answers. An attempt was made to determine if teachers from different grade levels used different question-and-answer techniques during daily classroom interaction. Two hypotheses were investigated: a) no significant…

The primary purpose of the present investigation is to study the relation between maternal communication and the child's resistance to temptation during an experimental task, among Italian and Canadian families. The nature of maternal communication was assessed by analyzing the verbal behavior of the mother while in discussion with her child. A…

The Industrial Arts Interaction Analysis System was used to study teacher-student behavior in junior high school industrial arts classes. Twenty industrial arts teachers were observed on three different occasions and the interaction between the teacher and students was recorded by two independent observers. The findings indicated that there was a…

This study used the Observation Schedule and Record 5V (OScAR 5V) to describe and compare the teaching behaviors of second- and fifth-grade mathematics teachers. The sample included seven second-grade and nine fifth-grade teachers from three elementary schools in a medium sized city. Pupils in the participating teachers' classes were from middle…

This inquiry was conducted to develop indigenous research methodology aimed at minimizing the gap between educational research and practice. The intent was not to produce a final or complete solution to the problem, but rather to suggest a procedure which would provide partial closure. Alternative methods, including various types of linkage…

This is the third in a series on "Supervisory Strategies in Clinical Experiences." It contains three papers. The first, "Interaction Analysis in Teacher Education: A Review of Studies," by Norma Furst, concentrates on those studies which were designed to teach the Flanders behavior recording technique to preservice educators.…

This study found no significant difference in student achievement as a result of change in identified teacher behaviors in an American History course. The behaviors were those identified in the Stanford Teacher Competence Appraisal Guide. Behavior change was effected through the use of a microteaching teach-reteach cycle with feedback from…

Findings indicated that if the number and length of microteaching lessons were increased, one could expect student teachers to increase competence in establishing and maintaining student verbal expression in the classroom. Sixty junior secondary education majors were randomly assigned to one of two groups. Group A had two quarters of…

The major purpose of this study was to determine if significant differences in attitude change toward eight drug abuse concepts would be generated among college students when taught a drug abuse education program with the use of self-directed multi-media learning activities. The subjects' opinions and evaluation of the self-directed education…

The report is the second in a series related to the problems of working effectively in cross-cultural interaction situations. The author develops a conceptual frame of reference for considering aspects of human nature that affect the interaction situation. Three keys to effective interaction are identified. It is argued that the selection and…

The author trained confederates to exhibit either opinionated, moderately opinionated, or unopinionated styles of leadership, then assigned them to discussion groups. Each group was assigned a specific topic and instructed to decide on a specific policy toward the topic. They were also asked to make ratings that measured four other attitudes: the…