Reviewed are studies which have described classroom behavior by direct observation using various category systems. Described in detail is the Science Curriculum Assessment System for classroom interaction analysis. This is designed to monitor classroom conditions associated with elementary school science instruction. The system combines the…

Review of research literature has led to the conclusion that it is the teacher, more than the material, the method, or any other variable, that makes the greatest difference in children's reading achievement. Measuring teacher abilities and effectiveness is, however, a difficult if not impossible task unless teaching is defined in terms of teacher…

Phase 1 has been completed of a five-phase project to develop a model of teacher role behavior in individualized classrooms, to develop teacher training courses (including workshops) for behaviors specified by the role model, and to train teachers (inservice and/or preservice) to fulfill the role provided by the model. The classroom management…

The research study reported in this monograph was designed to assess the effects of three types of feedback-evaluation procedures (two of which involved the use of video tape) in changing the question-asking behavior of inservice teachers. Three randomly formed groups of sixth-grade teachers participated in the three-stage study, with each group…

The research conducted in this study was specifically designed to examine the changes in teacher behavior exhibited during student teaching and those behaviors exhibited during the last three weeks of the subjects' first year of teaching. The specific behaviors examined were assessed by the Classroom Observation Record (which included four…

This report describes a project conducted by the Center for Coordinated Education which attempted to train more than 500 inservice teachers to teach selected cognitive skills to some 15,000 students ranging from grades 1 through 10. The three elements incorporated in the training program were (1) a specific teaching task (the development of six…

The verbal behavior of teachers and students in elementary stenography classes is described. Observational data, consisting of the verbal behavior of teachers and students in 30 elementary stenography classes, were categorized and analyzed. From this initial analysis, a basic model of teacher-student behavior was defined. Deviations from the basic…

Reported is a study of differences in the observed verbal behaviors of various groupings of teachers (four pre-service and four in-service) and pupils (fifth- and sixth-grade in science and social studies) in a series of creative and non-creative lessons. The factors studied were: (1) creativity of lessons; (2) subject matter (social studies…

The Wisconsin Inventory of Science Processes and the Scientific Attitude Inventory were given as pre- and posttests to 34 junior high school science teachers to determine if changes in knowledge of the processes of science and attitude toward science were produced as a result of a formal training program emphasizing a process oriented approach to…

The vocational education teacher was the focus of this study designed to gain a better understanding of how communication relates to teaching effectiveness in a vocational setting. Teaching effectiveness was defined in terms of four criteria: supervisor evaluations of teachers, student evaluations of teachers, absentee rate, and drop rate. The…

The reading habits of inservice elementary school teachers were surveyed through questionnaires administered in the summers of 1966 and 1972. The present study examined the findings of the two surveys for differences and possible inferences. Answers were sought to such questions as what magazines other than professional education journals were…

This study sought to determine the effects of a recruitment pattern and a group-training condition on the onset and quality of implementation and survival over time of a first-grade science unit. Recruitment was by singles or pairs and training was for elementary science only or elementary science plus collaboration skills, making four treatment…

This reports the results of a pilot effort to investigate how social studies teachers attempt to resolve a situation in which values conflict. Ninety-two elementary and secondary teachers randomly selected from participants in two social studies conferences were asked to describe in writing an incident in which they were faced with a dilemma.…

A self-observation training program developed for teachers was tried out with a group of intern teachers. After some modifications of the program, the effects of the training on selected teacher and student behaviors were assessed by two experienced elementary teachers. Changes in three teacher behaviors (contingent praise, positive nonverbal…

This study evaluated the in-service teacher training program in the Francis Howell R-III Schools, Columbia, Missouri. The program sought to modify the instructional behavior of teachers in the areas of a) increased pupil verbal participation, b) decreased teacher dominance of the verbal classroom environment, c) increased skill and ability to…