A review organized around a conceptual scheme of relations between teacher behavior and pupil growth which has some direct support in the research literature.'' (Author)

Without uttering a sound a teacher can indicate he dislikes papers written with dull pencils, likes poetry, or prefers boy students. Without a single word he can convey that he thinks a student is dumb, smart, pretty, ugly, dirty, or unimportant. And the child gets the message! (Authors)

Author uses the anthropological concept of ritual to raise new questions concerning this process.'' (Editor)

This article explains the combination of competence and effectiveness in evaluating teacher performance. (BB)

Discusses the three vital factors upon which information derived from an evaluation instrument depends: (1) the criteria by which teaching performance is judged, (2) the reliability and validity of the acquired data, and (3) the comparison of the evidence against the criteria. (Author/EA)

A college faculty's professional behavior could easily determine the well-being of both their own institution and higher education in general. (HS)

By using an inquiry approach and determining what is appropriate to teach and how it should be taught, it is possible to provide discussion in the classroom where communications, rationality, and valid data become a base for the emergence of a student's value system. (Author)

Verbal feedback of test results to college students resulted in learning gains unrelated to age, GPA, employment, and number of college credits accumulated. (Editor)

An English teacher humorously recounts his experiences teaching driver education in summer school. (SP)

Two counselor conducted group procedures designed to promote changes in teacher behavior were investigated. Both of the experimental treatments produced a change in teachers' classroom behaviors. The results of the study have implications for the design of counselor led inservice teacher training sessions. (Author)

Older teachers make statements about new ones. The article shows the falsity or corroboration of these statements by citing empirical evidence. (MF)

The authors satirically present the concept that the teacher should set the example for his students. (MF)