A study was conducted to explore the relationships between the teaching behavior of student teachers and cooperating teachers over a semester of contact. Subjects were 19 liberal arts graduates in a year-long master's degree program which included "observation-participation" experiences in the fall semester and full-time student teaching in the…

This paper reports the application of factor analysis of a large data matrix involving some 800 variables in determining the principal dimension of teacher characteristics and employs the resulting scales in testing hypotheses about similarities and differences in teacher characteristics across subcultures identified by national/racial lineage,…

This manual outlines the procedures and processes to be followed in evaluating professional growth and service of teacher personnel. Although a comprehensive evaluation should include all professional personnel, the emphasis is on beginning teachers (those in their initial year in the system) and those who, according to the principal, clearly need…

One of the most significant revelations of this paper is a recent finding that indicates that a sizeable number of nonlinear relationships between pre-post gain scores of pupils are found when measured by newer, nonstandardized instruments, which are valid and reliable. When instruments/procedures of this sort are used, the fit for pupils at both…

The study examined the question of whether training in the analysis of teaching behavior affects the self-evaluations of teachers who are given the opportunity to view and judge their own teaching performance by means of videotape recordings. Additional questions concerned the factors on which teachers focus when making their self-evaluations and…

This descriptive research study had as its major objective the development of a category system through which the teacher's physical motions in relation to his verbal actions could be analyzed with a high degree of reliability. The performances of five elementary teachers at the College Demonstration School were recorded on video tape. Narrative…

To observe the impact of teachers' verbal behavior upon the verbal behavior of students, 12 intermediate grade teachers and their classes were identified in 10 rural schools near Fresno, California. The 10 schools were chosen to participate in the study because of their in-service teacher program. Teachers from five randomly selected schools…

This study examines three areas of concern to school districts: a) the policies of supplemental remuneration for teachers currently maintained by the school districts, b) the extent of teacher absenteeism in the districts, and c) the possibility of relationships between policies for supplemental remuneration and teacher absenteeism. Five study…

This study is a systematic follow-up, undertaken by the Chicago Consortium, to evaluate the classroom performance of its graduates. Inferences about their effectiveness were made through assessments of their observed behavior, using the Classroom Observation Record (COR) and the Flanders Interaction Analysis Categories (FIAC). Trained observers…

Counselors can (and should) take an active role to reduce stress in teachers through individual and group conferences. They can help teachers find meaningful alternatives to problem situations by changing the focus from "what should be done" to "what can be done within realistic parameters."

Systematic analysis of classroom disruption and discipline problems can frequently correct undesirable behavior. The approach presented uses outside observers to help analyze problems and construct solutions. (JMF)

Thirteen suggestions are made to the teacher on the establishment of classroom control; the use of various methods of punishment, including grades and extra homework; and ways of dealing with recurrent behavior problems. (SJL)

Problems can arise from comments made in faculty rooms about students and their families. The author recommends bringing the issue of gossip into the open in each school district in order for individual teachers to realize its ramifications and destructiveness. (GC)

Assessed in this article is a program designed to prepare teachers with diverse positions on the art of teaching. (MM)

The contradictory roles teachers fulfill can be divided into two categories. One, the executive, is essentially supervisory, directive, and critical. The other, counselor, is essentially supportive, advisory, and oriented toward the pursuit of knowledge. (Author)