The purpose of this study was two-fold: first, to determine whether children under direct patterns of teacher verbal behavior significantly differed from those under indirect patterns on internal-external (IE) locus of control; and second, to determine which of the specific teacher verbal behaviors (comprising the direct and indirect patterns)…

Presented in this paper is a selection of qualitative indices for four educational innovations (cultural pluralism, individualized instruction, open classroom, and team teaching) prepared by participants of a continuing action lab of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Participants estimated that over 65 percent of the…

The purpose of this study was to examine specific feautres of child language change as determined by change in vocabulary, complexity of sentences and functional use of sentences, and relationships of these changes to the teachers' facilitative or directive verbal behavior. Subjects were 112 nursery school children. Teacher verbal behavior was…

With particular attention to vocational research and development, this study reviewed the literature to obtain information on the factors or influences causing teachers to change practices. Research and development in vocational education was treated as an independent variable in an experimental research design with moderating variables of product…

This article presents an analysis of classroom behavior as seen from the teacher's perspective. By becoming aware of their feeling states, teachers will be better able to act as effective change agents in the classroom. Counselors, in their role of consultants to the teachers, can help facilitate this awareness. (Author)

The article concerns a project which videotaped physical education classes and analyzed what kinds of behaviors took place in the classrooms and what kinds of teacher-student interactions occurred. (CD)

Questionnaires are presented which ask the student to check characteristics of the teacher which motivate them to study a foreign language, ways they would like the teacher to act in class, and parts of their day they would like to change. The objective is to increase systematic dialogue between students and teachers. (SW)

An attempt to introduce assessment in a program of microteaching for pre-service Saudi-Arabian teaching led to the formulation of prescriptive categories of teacher behaviors. Behaviors involving "warm-up,""revision and linkage,""situational presentation,""modeling," and "class practice" were…

This article presents a school-based model for creating a synthesis of behavioristic and humanistic technologies. Examples from the author's work as a teacher and consultant are combined with an examination of associated research findings to demonstrate the pratical application of such a synthesis. (Author)

Reviews factors considered by courts in judicial decisions concerning teachers involved in criminal offenses relating to alcohol and drug violations, larceny, theft, shoplifting, gambling, and manslaughter. The courts have held that when criminal conduct shows a connection between the offense and the teacher's effectiveness then cause exists for…

Three undergraduate students were observed and trained through a two-way audio-video telecommunications system to use prescribed teaching tactics with preschool-aged handicapped children. Televised graphic feedback alone was insufficient in producing desired changes in teacher behavior, but televised graphic feedback plus televised verbal…

Investigated a beginning mathematics teacher's beliefs about problem-solving while finishing preservice training and how these beliefs affected, and were affected by, the first three months of teaching. Analyses revealed conflicts between the teacher's idealism and the reality of classroom practice, as students were not always receptive to…

Concludes that teacher enthusiasm training is effective in increasing levels of observable teacher enthusiasm and that teachers so trained had an effect on their students' attitudes toward reading. (FL)

The study showed that graduate study has a positive impact on the professional practice of teachers. Participants said that they felt more knowledgeable, more confident, and more analytical about their own and others' viewpoints and more aware of the importance of their own role in curriculum decision-making. (RM)

Relationships between the clarity behaviors of preservice teachers and the dual outcome measures of student achievement and satisfaction were examined. The high and relatively low-inference measures of teacher clarity correlated highly, and both were significantly and positiveley related to postinstructional measures of student achievement and…