Temperament type is a key to understanding the classroom behavior of social studies teachers. Current criticisms of strategies employed, dependence on the textbook, fact oriented testing, and the dearth of problem solving in lesson planning are grounded in professional decisions based on temperament preferences. Employing four types of temperament…

A brief description is given of the Bellack System, which is used to analyze the content and structure of discussion. The system identifies who speaks, when they speak, and what they say. Four types of pedagogical "moves" were identified by Bellack: (1) a structuring move--beginning a new topic; (2) a soliciting move--a question; (3) a…

This study focused on using the concept of instructional designs, or the interactive patterns of teacher and student behaviors in educational settings, to describe and classify the instructional strategies of effective elementary school teachers. Another focus of the study was to determine which instructional designs were associated with specific…

The central aim of this monograph is to stimulate discussion, both of the assumptions that are made about what makes one teacher more effective than another, and of the actions and decisions that are taken as a result of these assumptions. Organizationally, the monograph: (1) presents a brief overview of research on teacher effectiveness; (2)…

This study investigated the effects of an intervention--audio-cuing--on teaching behaviors of a male elementary school physical education teacher with five years of teaching experience. The audio-cuing intervention was applied by way of a micro-cassette recorder that was concealed in the teacher's clothing. Cues were prerecorded and could be heard…

To many people, the term "clinical supervision" now means the Hunter Model, which involves monitoring of teachers' classroom behavior for usage of Hunter's essential elements of instruction, feedback of these results, reinforcement of desired practice, and a prescription for remediation of teachers' performance. In contrast, the…

Data drawn from a longitudinal study of school resource use and student performance in elementary schools were analyzed to identify relationships between student academic acheivement in reading and mathematics and the personal characteristics, instructional behaviors, and attitudes and beliefs of teachers. Data were collected from fall, 1979,…

In a study of how primary teachers assign and monitor independent reading seatwork (workbook) activities, 12 first, second, and third grade teachers were observed during their scheduled reading periods. The seven major observation categories were (1) to whom assigned, (2) when assigned, (3) materials, (4) material focus, (5) instructions for…

An investigation of teacher paperwork sought to determine the relationship between quantity and types of paperwork and the subject taught and school type. A total of 58 teachers logged their paperwork data over 17 days, including information on paperwork activity, category type, whether the work was required or optional, whether it was completed…

This monograph focuses on classroom-level monitoring of student learning progress and what research says about the relationship between such monitoring and the student outcomes of achievement, attitudes, and social behavior. Findings of research studies on the topic are synthesized and 42 key references are cited and annotated. (JD)

This report describes two different applications of the Classroom Activity Record (CAR), an observational approach to capturing contextual features of classrooms. Subject matter content, instructional format, quantity and quality of teacher-student interaction, sequence of routines and events, and student attention and engagement among other…

Abstracts are presented of research studies on various methods of teacher evaluation. The purpose of this study was to seek out those factors in evaluation programs that are necessary for enhancing teacher effectiveness. The research studies are organized by four categories: (1) status of teacher evaluation; (2) attributes of successful evaluation…

This article offers reflections on a preventive training model focused on teacher burnout that can enrich preservice teacher education. Two fundamental questions are discussed: (1) Which factors in the work of a teacher are potential sources of burnout? and (2) What must a preventive concept include to forestall the problem of future teachers'…

The purpose of this paper is to explore differences in the nature of classrooms where students perceive high and low amounts of differential teacher treatment between high and low achievers. The Teacher Treatment Inventory was used to measure students' perceptions of the frequency of 30 teacher behaviors towards a hypothetical male or female high…

A comparison between teacher and computer delivered instruction was conducted with 17 children (ages 4 to 14 years) with severe learning and behavior problems. The investigation was intended to analyze the stimulus functions of the presence of a teacher in the task-demand situation. The task employed was a two-choice discrimination that became…