Teachers involved in developing curriculum materials were more aware and critical of their own effectiveness in the classroom.

This article defended the position that schools represented bureaucratic organizations and described within them the teacher's role, defined the term inquiry, spelled out the implications and limitations which the bureaucracy placed on teacher-inquirers and dealt with a rationale for inquiry within these limits. (Author/RK)

A discussion of the effect of student evaluation feedback on instructor. (Author)

Article examines and challenges one particular aspect of the CBTE Model: the degree of emphasis, or lack thereof, on entry behavior. (Author)

Article considers the attitudes toward technology media of faculty at a California Community College in light of some of their basic attitudes toward the teaching process. (Author)

The present paper focuses on meaningful, task-related colleague interaction as a vehicle for improving the performance capabilities of teachers. (Author)

Discusses research on kinetic structure, a microstructure concept (concerned with sequential organization of individual verbal statements or individual behavior acts). (PEB)

A discussion of the effect of student evaluation feedback on instructor. (Author)

Competencies recommended by speech communication and educational researchers, as well as communication specialists and teachers of various content areas are identified. Guidelines are presented for teachers, who should demonstrate competencies in sending and receiving messages that: (1) are used to obtain or give information; (2) express or…

This volume contains an annotated bibliography of journal articles, books, documents (including some ERIC citations) and audiovisual materials regarding the behaviors of teachers which research has shown to be consistently associated with academic learning by pupils. The bibliography is organized around 19 criteria to be used for evaluating…

A study compared two groups of inexperienced teachers, one of which participated in the Florida Beginning Teacher Progam, and one which did not participate, to see if differences existed between the two groups. Study subjects were 154 first year teachers. The teachers who participated in the Florida Beginning Teacher Program were required to…

This fastback presents some basic legal gidelines for teachers, which if observed will minimize the possibility of lawsuits resulting from incidents occurring in school settings. The following topics are covered: (1) basic legal terminology; (2) reporting child abuse; (3) self-defense; (4) possession and use of controlled substances; (5)…

This publication is for assisting teachers in acquiring or renewing the skills involved in carrying out a proactive approach to productive discipline and classroom management. Each of the six professional development modules presented deals with a specific concept: (1) the meaning of discipline; (2) the meaning of classroom management; (3) a…

To assess teacher interaction (specifically in regard to the use of questions) with special needs and nonspecial needs preschoolers, 16 special needs and 16 control Ss (3 to 5 years old) were identified. Each of the target Ss was videotaped for two different 15-minute segments in free play and at randomly selected times. Videotapes were analyzed…