The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between teacher behavior and student achievement in the Bereiter-Engelmann program. Ten groups were observed in the first study, 24 groups in the second. All teachers were rated on four occasions using a highly specific rating scale. The pre- and postmeasures were criterion-referenced.…

Two experiments were conducted to compare the effects of two different experimentally induced orientations toward lesson objectives on teachers' instructional behaviors and the consequent achievement of their pupils. In each experiment, 36 student teachers were randomly assigned to one of two treatments. Each treatment required the teachers to…

The purpose of this research was to assess the criterion-referenced validity of student ratings of instructors. A total of 480 undergraduates rated their instructors using a special rating scale designed to parallel the Flanders Interaction Analysis Categories. Expert observers also rated the instructors using the standard form of the Flanders…

The major purposes of this study were to analyze classroom behavior as a product of student-teacher interaction, and to determine teaching patterns identified with student mastery of stated instructional objectives in reading. A sample of twenty-two first grade teacher-student groups were video taped during instruction in phoneme-grapheme…

Investigated was the effect of organizational climate on the biology curriculum practices as perceived by the students. The major hypothesis of the study expressed the expectation that open climate biology teachers would incorporate a different mode of curriculum practices than would closed climate biology teachers. Data were collected by use of…

This study investigated the possibility that a teacher's preconceived idea of the worth of an instructional material would affect the academic achievement of the students with whom the material was used. Twenty-four classes of educable retarded children were randomly assigned to one of three groups. Groups I and II were experimenta; group III was…

The fundamental differences in classroom social structure and the effect of teaching behavior on the unique patterns of classroom social structures were studied. Subjects included fifth-grade classrooms with female teachers in a small city school system. Eighteen classrooms with a total of 576 children fit these criteria. Instrumentation included…

The school psychologist's job is to insure that the school setting is as conducive to learning as possible, stimulating children to respond to instruction and discouraging misbehavior that serves to avoid instruction. Many teachers do not realize the full implications for children of their actions and verbalizations. A teacher's behavior can…

The misbehavior of children often presents a severe problem to the classroom teacher. An attempt is reported here to eliminate such misbehavior by strengthening a competing and educationally relevant class of behavior, namely academic performance. A classroom was sleected in an urban school which included children with the most severe behavior…

The program guide for elementary and secondary educators describes new social studies, language arts, and teacher behavior projects and ideas. The purpose is to provide compilation of current innovations in the three areas mentioned above. The four major sections are: 1) Language Arts; 2) Social Studies; 3) Language Arts and Social Studies; and 4)…

This study examines the various sources of influences over 290 faculty members at a large public university. It was found that: (1) both the role expectations a faculty member has for himself and the role expectations of the employing organization predict positively and significantly the role behavior of the respondents; (2) the departmental…

A study was devised to assess the impact of two teacher aids--"teleseries" teacher manuals and "communiques"--used in conjunction with in-school television series. Teacher manuals, in addition to providing lesson related information, cross-referenced the programs and units to state approved textbooks and provided suggested student reading. The…

This paper attempts to aid students in communicating and understanding some of their perceptions on human relations with students and teachers of other races and groups and to help teachers understand and show concern for the human relations needs of the students. The method used was an objective and quantified survey feedback. Data were collected…

This paper is an extended example of transactional evaluation; extended to show not only that the narrow purpose of a particular evaluation can be a means to further ends, but also to document the developmental character of process in a dynamic setting. The primary purpose of the study was to determine what preceptors or advisory teachers…

Categories of effective and ineffective behavior in regard to Goal One of the Quality Education Program (regarding student self-esteem and understanding) are listed. Both the rationales for areas of effective student behavior and the categories of teacher strategies are also included. (See TM 001 375 for project description.) (MS)