Described are two instruments used in a workshop designed to help teachers clarify their own beliefs about education and to shape their classroom behavior accordingly. The Student-Content Inventory concerns styles of student-teacher interaction and the Educational Theory Inventory correlates the respondent's beliefs to major educational theories.…

Teacher-student interactions were observed in recently desegregated Detroit classrooms. Results indicated that Black students and males received a greater proportion of the classroom interactions than did White students or females, and that both male and female teachers acted similarly with respect to student sex. (Author/GDC)

The expressed attitudes and reported behaviors of 130 teachers toward parent education and parent involvement in early childhood education programs are investigated. The data suggest that teachers in publicly funded programs hold more positive attitudes toward parent education and encourage more parent involvement than do teachers in privately…

Eight teaching treatments which varied structuring, soliciting and reacting behaviors were utilized in ecology lessons for 399 sixth-grade students. Analysis of multiple choice, attitude and perception of teaching variables showed aptitudes to be major predictors of teacher, treatment and aptitude-treatment interaction effects. Changes are…

Six measurement strategies are suggested for assessing different kinds or aspects of competencies: (1) teaching tests; (2) behavior samples; (3) teaching exercises; (4) classroom interaction simulations; (5) projected problem exercises; and (6) paper-and-pencil exercises. (MJB)

Thirteen college-prepared teachers performed significantly higher on a teaching performance test and were rated significantly higher by teacher educators than fifteen industry-prepared teachers. An analysis of teaching behaviors revealed college-prepared teachers used more indirective teaching behaviors. (Editor/JT)

A pupil observational system for use in the secondary classroom is provided. Results of the instruments use with five classes are discussed. (CP)

"Teacher Rights" and all their ancillary problems are a recent phenomenon for school boards and administrators. Court cases to define and support these new notions of teacher freedoms are escalating rapidly. Discusses the role of teachers in a changing society and six important trends that seem to be emerging from more than 100 court cases…

Outlines the aims of foreign language classroom assessment and suggests a model to help fulfill the subjective needs, wishes, and interests of students studying foreign languages in high schools. (CB)

Presents a hyperbolic scenario in which a ruthless writing teacher overlooks her young students' progress in other areas of writing and admonishes them because their penmanship is poor. (AEW)

A study of two teachers of deaf children demonstrated that eye gaze is an effective mechanism for regulating turn-taking in the classroom. Eye gaze signals were used to invite individual and group response, initiate action, communicate with a particular student, ask questions, and handle distractions or interruptions. (Author/CB)

A classroom-based study of communicative language practices of English as a second language teachers revealed the persistence of non-communicative patterns of interaction, while a follow-up study demonstrated that it was possible for teachers to foster more communicative language use. (Author/CB)

A tongue-in-cheek list of faculty behaviors for improving student evaluations suggests that faculty manipulation of student comments is both common and a threat to quality social work education. Reduced emphasis on student ratings is strongly advocated. (Author/MSE)

A study of ninth-graders' attitudes toward teachers' classroom discipline techniques found that commonly used techniques cause student anxiety and disrupt student work, indicating a need for teacher behavior changes. (MSE)