To examine the importance of teacher behaviors in terms of different student goals (obtaining good grades and learning the subject matter), as well as the variance in student response by gender and age, responses of 134 undergraduates and 275 graduate students were compared. Goals, age, and sex were all found to be significant. (SK)

Attracting top teachers to small school systems involves a different recruiting process: advertise widely, use telephone contacts, get there first, don't overweight interviews, do classroom observations, and keep up personal contact. (MD)

Reports on a study of the influence of format, criteria, and the passage of time on teacher evaluations of student writing; found that a rating scale influenced stability of grades over time and higher grades generally. (AEA)

Argues that the teacher selection process should begin at the college level with aptitude testing and personal interviews by a faculty committee. Calls upon administrators to borrow from the hiring practices of the business world in choosing teachers. (FL)

Describes recent research about the influence of teacher expectations on student achievement. Different types of teacher expectations and expectation effects are defined, and evidence for the existence of these effects is examined. Research on how teacher expectations are communicated to students is summarized, and the implications of this…

Evaluated impact of using English, the "Mother Tongue" (Yoruba), or a structural bilingual mix of English and Yoruba in classroom communication. Found little difference in frequency of teaching behavior patterns, although in some instances teachers speaking Yoruba were more active. (CJM)

Instructors at Cleveland State University have designed an activity that moves prospective supervisor teachers through the steps of a particular model simulation to develop needed skills. (SK)

Studies of pupils' perceptions of school must give priority to pupils' interpretive processes. In one secondary modern school, this revealed different groups characterized by group perspectives. (Editor)

A questionnaire was developed to assess medical students and faculty with respect to several dimensions of their role expectations and perceived role enactments with each other. A comparison of mean scores on each of nine dimensions for faculty members from five departments in one medical school revealed significant differences on six dimensions.…

Several hypotheses concerning the effectiveness of teacher modeling are raised. (MM)

This study compares teachers' perceptions of parental expectations of the teacher's out-of-school role to actual parental expectations. Results indicate that parents are more liberal in their expectations than the teachers perceived them to be. (RW)

Some salient features of English intonation are identified and related to the process of teacher pupil interaction in class teaching. (Editor)

It is a well-known fact that teacher morale has a direct reflection on the operation of the school. Yet, the authors state, teacher morale is too often placed at the bottom of the list of administrative priorities. (Editor)

Compares three methods of assessing teacher classroom behavior in the teaching of reading. (Author/RB)

It was concluded, from this study, that the short-term training was enough to train the teachers to use an instrument for assessment, but not enough to bring about behavior change. (RC)