Explores teacher-centered instruction in higher and precollegiate education, a common practice despite professors' freedom from the precollegiate classroom's structural limits. Considers organizational incentives, the cultural traditions of schooling, and socialization as explanations. Suggests that reformers understand why teacher-centeredness…

Offers a brief overview of children's speech development, discussing positive attitudes toward stuttering and outlining strategies for appropriate interventions by teachers and other adults. A checklist of factors to consider in making a referral for stuttering is provided. (KS)

The article describes different types of teacher expectations and expectation effects, particularly on minority students. Evidence for the existence of expectation effects is reviewed. Descriptions of behaviors associated with teacher expectations are summarized and recommendations are made for enhancing the learning environment for all students.…

Examines the viability of a construct, Substitutes for Leadership, for understanding and explaining principal influence potential. Interview data were collected to determine whether leadership substitutes exist in the school setting. These data indicated that substitutes may potentially limit principal influence on teachers' work agendas,…

An area of war rarely recognized by the mainstream of peace education is the war against women, composed of direct physical violence and indirect (structural) violence. Teachers must find or develop materials and teaching methods that will provide alternatives to sexism and violence in daily life. (RM)

Investigated factors which influenced teachers' (N=5) behaviors during the implementation of an audio-tutorial freshman college biology course in a high school setting and developed a structural model showing the interrelationships of these factors. (JN)

This study compared 46 teachers who were trained in and implemented mastery learning techniques with 50 similar teachers who were not trained to see if mastery learning changed the explanations they offered for their effectiveness. The results are set forth and implications for staff development are drawn. (Author/MT)

This study analyzed the relationship of teacher personality to teacher behaviors in physical education. Several personality traits related significantly to important observed teacher and student behaviors. Students of teachers who scored high in independence, assertiveness, questioning, and imaginativeness learned more than students of teachers…

Reviews literature on teachers' nonverbal behavior in the classroom. Focuses on nonverbal expression of teacher expectation, nonverbal expression of attitudes toward certain students, students' perceptions of teachers' nonverbal messages, and the effects of teachers' nonverbal behavior on student attitudes and performance. (CB)

High school students were presented with identical social studies lessons. The only differences were variations in teacher uncertainty, teacher "bluffing," lesson discontinuity, and lecture notes. Each group was tested on lesson comprehension and completed a lesson evaluation. Results were discussed in terms of low inference behaviors related to…

Teacher education programs must provide experiences that promote learner growth and achievement. A study involving 28 physical education majors examined the use of microteaching as a means of affecting feedback behaviors of preservice teachers. Results are discussed. (DF)

Coping patterns of 26 teachers are interpreted within the framework of the school as a street-level bureaucracy. Teachers' interpretations of the school's organizational characteristics and their responses are analyzed, focusing on four major teaching tasks; a typology of three modes of role enactment is developed. (MJL)

Discusses research studies which examine why many capable students continue to avoid mathematics in school. The ideal mathematics student, sex differences, teacher behavior, student attitudes, and minority participation are among the areas considered. (JN)

Each teacher has developed a set of beliefs about how to teach mathematics. The sources of these beliefs are discussed, in sections on the nature of teaching, the role of the mathematics teacher, teacher decision making, teacher decision making and knowledge of mathematics, and the teacher as an elementary mathematician. (MNS)

Defines and explains "mental rehearsal," a method of using imagery to practice teaching behavior before the act of teaching which can improve instruction. Describes its use in relaxation and positive thinking and explains how and when to practice mental rehearsal. (SB)