A system to identify strategies of justification used by teachers in the classroom was developed and used to classify secondary school mathematics teacher discourse. Justification of assertion and action were labeled "validation" and "vindication," respectively. Eight strategies were identified - six of validation and two of vindication. The most…

The Speech Education Department of Northwestern University is placing strong emphasis on a Simulated Classroom Instruction course designed to aid students in developing a philosophy of teaching and an understanding of themselves as teachers, specifically speech teachers. The course is intended to give potential speech teachers opportunities to:…

This study examined the concurrent validity of observed teacher behavior as a predictor of teacher philosophy, teacher professional attitude, and teacher ability to forecast first-grade reading achievement. The population consisted of ten first-grade teachers and 260 students from five Farmington, Utah, schools. In early September, before any…

The effect of the student teaching experience on self-concept was investigated. In the spring semester 1971-72, 260 students were enrolled in the student teaching courses in the College of Education, Louisiana State University (LSU). At the beginning and end of the semester, they were asked to respond to two Likert-type rating scales: self as a…

The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of an inservice teacher education on indirect instruction. The sample was comprised of 25 junior high school teachers from the state of New York. All 25 teachers were taped three times at the beginning of the school year, three times at the middle of the year, and three times at the end.…

Data were collected on rate-per-minute of administering token reinforcement for one male and seven female teachers enrolled in a behavior modification seminar. The study was conducted in four self-contained and four open classrooms. In the observer-present condition, data were obtained during 15-minute classroom observation periods. In the…

To see if teachers as a group hold self-concepts different from those of nonteachers, a test group of student teachers and noneducation majors was asked to fill out, both as freshmen and seniors, the Tennessee Self Concept Rating Scale. The various compared results indicated differences in the direction of greater positive feelings of self, both…

In this study, the evaluation of pupil creativity was partitioned into affective and cognitive components while teacher behavior was divided into classroom practices and teacher attitude. Nine hundred and forty-five fifth grade pupils from a small city district were studied for one year. The teacher attitude measure did not relate to creative…

This study was conducted to show how a teacher's training affects his or her attitudes toward teaching. Twelve statements dealing with various aspects of education in relation to subject and student oriented instruction were distributed to 15 traditionally prepared teachers and 15 Teacher Corps prepared teachers. Each participant indicated in…

Three separate, sequential three-month studies were made to determine the effects of timed pupil feedback on teaching behavior. Audiotapes were made of the teaching behaviors of eighteen teachers before, during, and after the teachers introduced a feedback instrument to their pupils. The tapes were analyzed for changes in teacher behavior over the…

This document emphasizes the importance of inquiry into teaching behavior by supervisors in professional laboratories and suggests ways and means of conducting that inquiry. The document is divided into three areas: a) an examination of the current and predicted nature of professional laboratory experiences in the education of teachers, b) a…

The purpose of this study was to explore the possibility that the relationships between students' aptitudes and achievements differ from teacher to teacher. If this were so, it would suggest that teacher effectiveness can not be described adequately by measures of average class achievement. The report demonstrates the use of univariate and…

This investigation utilized a recent concept developed by researchers and theoreticians studying nonverbal behavior--the contextual framework. Instruments of demonstrated reliability were employed to record simultaneous verbal and nonverbal data within the selected contextual framework of student-initiated questions. Data was collected at the…

This research examined teacher behavior as a primary source of data collection and analysis for study of teacher failure. The results of two studies using the teacher-perceived problems procedure developed by Donald R. Cruickshank are reported. Study I surveyed 120 experienced elementary teachers enrolled in a master's program; Study II involved a…

Article provided a summary of three effective techniques for developing better classroom discipline. (Author/RK)