Categories of effective and ineffective behavior in regard to Goal Eight of the Quality Education Program (regarding vocational development) 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)

Categories of effective and ineffective behavior in regard to Goal Nine of the Quality Education Program (regarding student understanding of human accomplishment) 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)

The Teacher Practices Observation Record (TPOR) and the Florida Climate and Control System (FLACCS) were reviewed to determine their appropriateness for measuring teacher competencies defined by teachers in Carroll County, Georgia. The TPOR looks at the way the teacher develops subject matter and thinking processes of pupils through the eyes of…

Overcorrection is a mild punishment technique that provides for logical consequences of inappropriate behaviors. The method has two components--restitution, during which a disruptive environment is reinstated to a state vastly superior to the original one, and positive practice, during which more appropriate responses are taught to replace the…

This publication is the complete transcript of a weekly radio program devoted to contemporary issues in American education. This particular program focuses on the topic of homosexual teachers. Throughout the program, a number of educators and authorities on homosexuality present their views on various legal, political, moral, and educational…

Described is a device for use by teachers who are deaf, to assist them with the improvement of their instruction through the Flanders Interaction Analysis method of assessing teachers' classroom performance. Explained, and illustrated with photographs, is an electrical device which, when attached to a videotape recording camera, displays a…

This study examines how a teacher's race and behavior effects his ability to maintain high classroom attendance with black adult students. (Author/RM)

Both the ethics of the profession and state school law require teachers to model in the conduct of education the behavior they expect of their students. Examples of the disparity between practice and creed imply a need for educators to face up to the moral obligations of their profession. (Author)

This article introduces secondary and college economics teachers to the technique known as interaction analysis. The Flanders system of analyzing language in the classroom and techniques for applying interaction analysis in economics courses are discussed. For journal availability see SO 504 499. (Author/RM)

This article discusses the role of teacher attitudes and motivation in second language learning and language instruction. (CLK)

A major purpose of methods courses should be to provide teachers with methods to put their progressive ideals into practice.

Discusses the results of a meta-analysis of the research that has been conducted on the effects of class size on achievement and then outlines a program that is going to field test hypotheses on the subject. (IRT)

Weekend workshops for teachers, focusing upon moral development, prove helpful to participants in encouraging them to understand and strengthen their own moral values, thus enabling them to encourage development of sound values in their students. (JD)

The scientific analysis of the teaching act is the subject of this article, with special emphasis given to measurement techniques (both inductive and deductive) and their problems, validity, and reliability. (DS)

In the best of conceivable worlds, the use of punishment would not be necessary. In the real world of school, however, punishment is sometimes needed. The author provides guidelines for maximizing the positive effects of punishment. (Author/RK)