A laboratory teaching experience (L.T.E.) was designed to focus on three teaching behaviors. It was recognized that a behavioral approach to teaching simplified its complexity by isolating specific teaching behaviors. Discusses the development and evaluation of the laboratory teaching experience. (Author/RK)

Effects of a category system for social organization in the classroom on teachers' abilities to adopt a more flexible role are investigated. (GW)

Reported are research projects questioning the effectiveness of inservice teacher training and the effects of various mathematical curricula on student learning. (GW)

Briefly reviews several studies that point to a close relationship between administrative behavior and the productivity of teachers and pupils. (Author/JG)

Interactions between teachers in a team teaching situation are evaluated. Findings indicate that there is considerable variation in the degree of collaboration achieved and in the extent of collegial influence. Additional comparisons between teacher collaboration and collaboration among other semi-professionals are called for. (Author/DB)

Reviews theories related to learning which takes place as a result of micro-teaching. One school of thought stresses skill definition, modelling, and feedback; a conflicting approach stresses behavior modification. (AV)

The process of developing teacher training materials from research findings is necessary in order to investigate the applicability of the findings of these studies to teaching in classrooms. (JD)

The procedures, findings, and recommendations of a study designed to determine the degree of diffusion of safety education into the agribusiness programs in Alabama and to relate twelve selected teacher and situational variables to the diffusion described in this research report. (BM)

This program to improve the school climate focuses on an assessment of the problems in the school environment, a training program for teachers and administrators, and an effort to inform teachers, parents, officials, and the public on the assessment results, the training, and the outcome of the program. (Author/IRT)

This examination of various bases for choosing teaching behaviors emphasizes the teacher's values concerning aims and elements of education. Research data on teaching effectiveness are described as inconsistent. Prescriptions by experts, modeling, and adherence to a philosophical position are useful only when based on teacher's awareness of…

Teacher behavior variables in an experimental teacher training study were coded in two ways; one method of coding was based on the formal structural properties of discrete teaching acts; the other method of coding was based upon the functional properties (consequential student behaviors) of discrete teaching acts. (Author/JC)

Application of the natural science-technical research model to the study and development of teaching has had a distorting and disintegrating effect on education. Teachers must be encouraged to participate in the study and development of their profession, and learning environments must be studied singly and in their full context. (JC)

This study tested the assumption of a moral component in teacher behavior. Student-teaching performance was rated according to 14 different scales, using supervising teachers as raters. Results indicated that individual differences in social sensitivity were significantly related to differences in teacher ratings, while individual differences in…