Teachers can use nonverbal forms of communication (facial expression, gestures, space, eye contact, body orientation, tone of voice, and head nod/head shake) to enhance the communication process with their handicapped students. (CL)

Twelve elementary teachers deemed successful with mainstreamed handicapped and regular students were observed, interviewed, their daily records examined, and assessed by self-report to measure 74 teacher variables. Results suggested a tentative profile of teachers effective with mainstreamed students. (CL)

Observation of 17 learning disabled (LD) and 17 regular education students (grades three and four) during reading revealed few differences in the nature of instructional ecology (task, structure, teacher location, and activity), although LD Ss were given significantly more time for individual structures and received more teacher approval.…

When positive reinforcement was presented via teacher verbalizations in a noncontingent fixed-time schedule, two autistic children (six and nine years old) increased their percentage of correct responding on difficult and easy tasks. (Author/CL)

Any adult misconduct or sexual abuse in schools is of grave concern to students, parents, educators, and the Department of Education. This literature review of sexual abuse and sexual misconduct responds to the mandate in Section 5414 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended, to conduct a study of sexual abuse in…

Classroom discipline is one of the main study topics of contemporary educators. Even in developed western countries it is regarded as the primary problem of education. Classroom discipline is one of the many conditions that are necessary for reaching educational targets. Many factors like desired and undesired student behaviors, student-student,…

Spelling is a developmental process that fits naturally within the writing process. It is supported through quality phonics instruction and phonemic awareness activities, and requires the use of multiple modalities which students say, write, and look at words while they are learning to spell. There are common myths that are associated with…

The author reviews the basic principles and theory which underly directive teaching: defining behavior, measuring and analyzing behavior, and manipulating environmental variables. (HMD)

This article provides comments on an extensive sample of court cases that hinge on matters of general teacher dismissal and/or violation of a teacher's civil rights. (JA)

The purpose of this article is to explore problems and procedures for relating teacher behavior to measures of student attitudes. (Author)

The purpose of this paper is to examine a problem that exists in relation to teaching methods and which has quite possibly served to limit the value of many promising methodologies that have been developed. (Author)

Purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of four levels of videotape training (the independent variable) on a specific class of teacher behaviors (the dependent variable). (Author)

Anxiety ratings were analyzed for 858 Israeli children. Lower socioeconomic level children were rated significantly more anxious than higher socioeconomic level children, and girls were higher than boys on both anxiety and lie scales. Results were discussed in terms of child rearing patterns, teacher expectations, and characteristics of the…

Describes what should be the role and behavior of the teacher in the classroom. (SP)