Facilitation of learning depends upon a synergistic relationship among administrators, instructors, and learners, each of whom responds to educational technology in one or more of the following alternative ways: (1) he is ignorant of technology; (2) he ignores technology; (3) he acknowledges the existence of technology but condemns it as…

A classroom observation procedure for recording and quantifying complex, sequential interactions between subject and teacher or peers has been developed. Two instruments, used in tandem, test hypotheses concerning the consistency of the subject's interactions. The Sequential Record, which is used to record observation, is analyzed for repetitious…

This study identified two groups of teachers with different control styles and examined changes in their behavior during the year. Seventeen K-2 teachers who varied in control style were observed at the beginning of school, in late October, and during the winter. Four observation instruments, a rating device, and a classroom description were used.…

A study attempted to detect any significant relationships between student teachers' perceptions of their roles as teachers, their needs and attitudes, their observed behavior in the classroom setting, and their students' perceptions of the classroom climate. Student teachers (N=39) were administered the Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory (MTAI),…

This study found that high dissatisfaction with intrinsic and extrinsic job factors and high risk taking propensity were related to a teacher's decision to strike. The study tested two modules which predicted walk-out and non walk-out behavior. The conceptual model postulated that the teacher's decision to walk out was influenced by degree of…

Seven procedures are analyzed to discover their effectiveness in changing teachers' priming or reinforcement of peer interactions or verbal behaviors in preschool children. The procedures were applied to 23 teachers at the laboratory preschool of the University of Kansas, and training of two Head Start teachers was done in their home settings. The…

This paper criticizes the work of Barak Rosenshine on the effects of teachers on student achievement. The author cautions against accepting Rosenshine's generalizations on teaching techniques. He makes the specific criticisms that Rosenshine a) did not operationally define student achievement, b) did not assess the validity of the student…

The study attempted to modify the on-task and task completion rates of three kindergarten children by altering the contingencies of reinforcement associated with these two work behaviors. During baseline, a fixed number of tokens was provided for task completion. While the remainder of the class remained in this condition, teacher attention was…

This paper deals with the use of microteaching techniques to train student teachers in stimulating learners' questions. Research was carried out at the Gordon Teachers Training College, Haifa, Israel. A rating scale, including teaching patterns stimulating learners' questions, was prepared from the existing literature and the analysis of pilot…

This study examined the degree to which the structure of school organizations and the personal dispositions of teachers are related to the occurrence of militant conflict within or against school organization. This study was a part of a larger project studying the process of instituting change in school organization. A four-part questionnaire…

This study defined teacher attitude factors using an instrument made up of attitude items which had been found to have high factor loading in four other studies, investigated the similarity of these factors to factors defined in other studies, and assessed the effects of the male-female and teacher-undergraduate dichotomies on the stability of…

The principle objective of this study was the investigation of the impact of teacher behavior on the mental health of elementary school children. Three questions influenced the design of the research: 1) What is the influence of different instructional approaches in a teacher-training program upon the perceptions and verbal communication behavior…

This study investigated the relationship of elementary teachers' priorities given to behavioral objectives of instruction and their practice in the classroom. Thirty teachers, representing six school districts, were administered a 100-item structured Q-sort comprised of five theoretical categories: low cognitive, high cognitive, tool-skill,…

This study investigated prediction of teacher behavior by attitudinal variables and was based upon a theory currently being researched in social psychology. The sample of 103 teachers of grades K-6, representing about half of the elementary schools in a large public school system, had attended a summer social studies institute which stressed the…

By understanding the purpose of a student's misbehavior, letting him experience the logical consequences of his actions, letting him choose, and getting a commitment to an alternative action, the disciplinary process can systematically modify purposes and create responsible students. (Author)