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Kyle, William C., Jr.; And Others – 1979
This study was designed to investigate and analyze specific instructor and student behaviors in introductory and advanced laboratories of five science disciplines (botany, chemistry, geology, physics, and zoology) at a major midwestern university. The instructor sample involved teaching assistants from various science departments. The student…
Descriptors: College Science, Higher Education, Laboratory Procedures, Science Education
McKee, Nancy – 1978
Twenty-eight third grade teachers were observed by a team from the Research and Development Center for Teacher Education at the University of Texas in order to identify discipline and teaching strategies most conducive to the establishment of a successful student-teacher relationship. This package is the result. Ideas and suggestions designed to…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Discipline
Gil, Doron – 1980
A study was conducted to investigate the decision-making and diagnostic processes of classroom teachers in reading diagnosis. Ten teachers interacted with simulated cases of reading difficulties in a laboratory setting and were observed and interviewed in their own classrooms about their instructional and diagnostic practices. Data analysis…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Education, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Research
Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, Berkeley, CA.
SUMMARIES ARE GIVEN OF CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS MADE BY INSTRUCTIONAL RESEARCHERS INVOLVED IN CURRENT PROJECTS. TITLES INCLUDE (1) COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION--A TOOL FOR TEACHING AND RESEARCH, (2) INSTRUCTION FOR EDUCATIONALLY AND CULTURALLY DEPRIVED ADOLESCENTS, (3) MICROTEACHING AS A TEACHING METHODOLOGY, (4) INDIVIDUALLY PRESCRIBED…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Conference Reports, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Researchers
NUSS, EUGENE M.; ROOKEY, ERNEST J. – 1966
THIS STUDY WAS PHASE 1 OF A 2-PHASE PROJECT DESIGNED TO CHANGE TEACHER BEHAVIOR WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVED CLASSROOM UTILIZATION OF NEW INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA. PHASE 1 TRIED TO INCREASE TEACHER KNOWLEDGE OF MEDIA VIA A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER, "THE CIRCULATOR," DISTRIBUTED IN 5 DISSEMINATION PATTERNS TO 2,200 EDUCATORS IN PENNSYLVANIA. A…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Behavior Change, Educational Media, Experiments
Roos, Marie C. – 1980
The complex task of identifying the characteristics of effective teachers involves analysis of many variables: those dealing with teacher characteristics, those that are context-based, and those that are process-related. Much diversity exists in all three areas among effective teachers, a phenomenon which confounds the problem of precise…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Evaluation Criteria, Research Design
Thompson, Bruce – 1979
How teachers evaluate the various instructional methods at their disposal is the question addressed in this paper. The issue is examined in an effort to determine which of certain models of teaching some teachers prefer, how teachers categorize models of teaching, and which factors are associated with their preferences. Results suggest that role…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Philosophy, Evaluative Thinking, Nontraditional Education
Smith, Howard A. – 1979
An investigation of the principal nonverbal factors elicited by four major correlational studies that examined the relationship between process and product variables in American elementary school classrooms yields several discernible trends, but for the most part contributes mainly to establishing a set of recommendations to guide future research…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Classroom Communication, Elementary Education
Browde, Joseph A. – 1979
This presentation deals with the concept of "profession" including the requirement of a code of ethics and the need to enforce it. Teaching as a profession is compared to medicine, law, and the ministry, and consideration is given to the following dilemmas posed in establishing the code and enforcing it: the professional vs. the unprofessional…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Professional Recognition, Status Need, Teacher Behavior
Bawden, Robert; And Others – 1979
A survey of 857 teachers and field studies in 23 elementary classrooms during two school years provided data on whether teachers have conceptions of reading, the nature of those conceptions, how they develop over time, and the degree to which they govern the pattern of instructional decisions in reading. The results suggest seven general…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Reading
Rohrkemper, Mary M.; Brophy, Jere E. – 1979
A methodology for conducting research on managing the disruptive student based on identifying successful teacher strategies is described. The subjects of this study were teachers selected as being outstanding or average in their ability to cope with behavior problems. Data collection included two half-day classroom observations, a structured…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Research Methodology
Benedict, Richard R. – 1979
Teaching styles most effective in dealing with educationally disadvantaged students are analyzed. For the purpose of this research disadvantaged students in a secondary school were identified and given a questionnaire to determine the teacher they considered contributed the most and the teacher who contributed least to their education. The…
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Lesson Plans, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Student Teacher Relationship
Land, M. L.; Denham, Alice – 1979
The results of the experimental effect of low-inference teacher clarity variables on achievement and on retention were determined by means of a randomized control group, posttest only, basic design. Members of an introductory education class viewed videotapes of lessons containing either high or low teacher clarity variables. Subjects who took a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communication Skills, Individual Characteristics, Teacher Behavior
Ward, Beatrice A. – 1973
Questions are raised regarding the purposes of teacher assessment, the teacher performance to be assessed, and the level of training and skill individuals who do the assessing must have. In each question area, several courses of action are presented. Different cost levels are associated with each option. It is suggested that the task for the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competency Based Teacher Education, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment
Clark, Bettye Mathis; Creswell, John L. – 1978
It was hypothesized that the perception of the nonverbal behavior of the teacher held by the student may differ from the perception held by an outside observer. This study was designed to compare participant and nonparticipant observers' perception of teacher nonverbal behavior as having encouraging or discouraging affect qualities during a…
Descriptors: Body Language, Interaction Process Analysis, Nonverbal Communication, Observation
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