Describes a four-stage working model for implementing cooperative learning and changing patterns of teachers' behavior based on a model developed over 6 years in 14 secondary schools in Israel. The stages involve learning what to do, learning how to do it, expanding the change process in the school, and institutionalizing the change. (SM)

Determines how often 1,874 elementary teachers read to their students. Reports how many of the last 10 school days they read to their students. Concludes that teachers reading aloud to students is a practice that is more common in primary-grade classrooms than in the intermediate grades, and that older teachers read less often to their students…

Explains that, with the exception of the "classical" textbook, there are no studies addressing the learning materials and media used by secondary school teachers. Presents results concerning the person- or subject-immanent circumstances under which teachers complement or replace the textbook in both planning and performance. (Author/CMK)

Describes the process of producing a valid and reliable Communication Styles Questionnaire (CSQ) that teachers of 16-19 year old students in English post-compulsory education may use to monitor and evaluate how they tend to interact with students. Considers the development, validity, and reliability of the CSQ. (CMK)

Argues that teachers must recognize and use students' characteristics and behaviors of resiliency to improve mathematics achievement in all student populations, including low achievers. Observes 20 high school mathematics teachers, and discusses their use of six promising instructional strategies. (SR)

Examines teaching practices in one English department. Investigates language of course syllabi for statement of goals, course reading, and course writing. Interviews faculty for observations about the texts, curriculum, and classroom practice. Suggests that, while university scholarship has moved beyond the New Criticism of the 1950s, university…

This study examined the importance of roles teachers undertake to promote literacy in kindergarten classrooms. Content analyses of videotaped play identified, defined, and described the roles teachers assumed in promoting children's literacy development in the context of play, including discussion leader, storyteller, examiner, instructional…

Studied how early childhood teachers think about and use child observation in Australian and U.S. classrooms. Uses in U.S. settings included assessing academic progress and adjusting curriculum/teaching strategies. Uses in Australian settings included identifying individual strengths and weaknesses, and informing work with parents and other…

To determine the extent to which teachers typically employ praise in their classroom teaching, provides a review and analysis of the research literature on teachers' classroom use of approval/praise and disapproval/reprimand. States that praise for appropriate classroom social behavior is rarely observed. Includes references. (CMK)

Examines contemporary conditions of English in 3 British secondary schools. Considers (1) what English teachers say about their aims; (2) how these aims are translated into classroom practices; and (3) what external agencies want the subject of English to produce. Concludes teachers "delivered" the cultural products of Standard English…

Explores time of day as a learning-style variable that affects student achievement. Provides some concrete steps for changing the learning styles of teachers and administrators, such as testing themselves to identify their current teaching styles or providing interested teachers with expert training in learning-styles approaches. (VWC)

Explores the characterization and potential of innovative behavior as the principal type of professional behavior for the teaching profession. Concentrates on the objects, typology, and lifecycle of innovative activity. Explains that the principal factor motivating teachers to engage in innovative activity is their interest in working toward the…

Proposes that music teachers should use a reflective approach to classroom management that enables them to examine their teaching practices. Offers a collection of questions for classroom management to determine and improve teachers' perceptiveness, creativity, and ability to set a good example. (CMK)

Present a writing workshop incorporating drawing into the creative process. Finds that children become more focused when they add art as part of the process in a writing workshop. Notes that throughout the workshop, the author constantly pays attention to her students, asking them questions and posing problems to encourage growth in rigor and…

The theory behind this study yielded the predictions that successful teacher-pupil interaction in the classroom is essential to the educational and social development of pupils and that teachers' understanding of their own behaviour is therefore of paramount importance. The study examined the behaviour and practices of 20 teachers, 10 in small…