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Serbin, Lisa A.; Connor, Jane M. – 1979
Sex typing among preschool children was investigated by means of a complete experimental design to test which factors maintain sex-typed behaviors, to test whether sex-typed behaviors are learned, and to reduce sex typing. The complete experimental design, it is maintained, allows investigators to focus on the consequences of sex typing rather…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Modeling (Psychology)
Biestman, Margot; And Others – 1980
This document describes the planning and implementation of the 1979 Basic Educational Skills (BES) Project in the Palmdale and King schools of South Phoenix, Arizona. The program description includes some background information on the community, the school and the staff. This is followed by detailed analyses of the four program components: parent…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Black Students, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum
deVoss, Gary G. – 1979
The enculturation of two beginning student teachers was examined and described. In addition, the effects on classroom activities before, during, and after the student teachers carried out their assignments are discussed. Ethnographic techniques such as observation and interview were employed to collect information and the case studies are…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cooperating Teachers, Field Experience Programs, Helping Relationship
ALLEN, DWIGHT W.; MCDONALD, FREDERICK J. – 1967
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS TO ASSESS THE USEFULNESS OF TELEVISION RECORDINGS IN IMPROVING TEACHING PERFORMANCE. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY ARE (1) TO COMPARE THE EFFECTS OF SELF-EVALUATION OF A TEACHING PERFORMANCE WITH FEEDBACK PROVIDED BY A SUPERVISING INSTRUCTOR, (2) TO COMPARE THE EFFECTS OF REINFORCEMENT DELAY, AND (3) TO…
Descriptors: Feedback, Learning Processes, Literature Reviews, Models
Pieron, Maurice – 1979
In studies dealing with classroom environment, functions and meanings of teacher interventions, and student behavior, several variables reflect teacher effectiveness. Presage variables concern the characteristics of the teacher; product variables concern the outcomes of teaching; and process variables concern the activities of teaching. Studies…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
Semple, Edward E., Jr. – 1978
Classroom groups work on two levels. The first is the level of the surface task with which the group is immediately concerned. The second level includes the hidden agendas of participants in the group. These are the undisclosed personal goals, needs, and aspirations of individuals. One way in which teachers can discover the hidden agendas of their…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Dynamics, Individual Needs
Tobin, Kenneth G.; Capie, William – 1980
Among the teaching variables likely to influence pupil engagement rates are classroom management strategies and instructional behaviors used during presentation of the lesson. Thirteen junior high school science classes were observed to determine how variation in classroom management techniques related to variation in pupil engagement rates, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Feedback
Gillespie, Wilma – 1980
This paper focuses on change in health occupations education whose teachers are viewed as members of two professions (practitioners and teachers) and as members of two social systems (education and health care delivery). Following a presentation of a theoretical model of normative and personal dimensions of a social system, the paper examines…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Delivery Systems, Education, Educational Change
Metzger, Loya – 1979
Academic freedom for the professoriate in America is discussed, based on quantitative analysis of almost a thousand cases from the files of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). The cases represent a large sample of the academic freedom and tenure conflicts that developed during a period of more than four decades (1913-1957).…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Environment, College Faculty, Faculty College Relationship
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Harste, Jerome C. – 1977
Past research studies have revealed a direct relationship between reading instruction and the reading behaviors of children. After reviewing several such studies, this paper presents a research paradigm used to explore the relationship between reading instruction and reading behavior during the pretutorial, or planning, phase of reading, and it…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Literature Reviews, Models
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Gordon, Judith R. – 1979
The Discovery-Expository Instrument is a classroom observation scale which measures the position of a teacher's presentation on a continuum of discovery presentation (in which the student is encouraged to solve problems with minimal help from the teacher), to expository presentation (in which the teacher provides a complete description and…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Observation Techniques, Discovery Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
Farren, Sean; Johnston, Mary – 1979
A survey was conducted of 42 secondary schools in the North-Eastern Education Board area of Northern Ireland concerning remedial reading practices and procedures adopted by remedial reading teachers. The survey consisted of 50 questions divided into seven parts: general background information on the schools; number of pupils receiving remedial…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Consultants, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Research
Fox, Ronald B.; And Others – 1978
A total of 1657 sixth grade pupils in 53 randomly integrated tri-ethnic classes, and their teachers, participated in a 1-year longitudinal study investigating the effects of peer-rated coping and teacher classroom structure on achievement. The subjects were given initial achievement and peer-rated general coping measures and a post achievement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Classroom Environment, Coping
Anderson, Linda M.; And Others – 1979
A year-long study of 28 third-grade teachers yielded extensive data describing their classroom management practices. The seven most effective and the seven least effective teachers were compared to determine what dimensions of mangement discriminated between them. Teachers who qualified as "better managers" had a firm preconceived notion of…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Discipline
McDaniel, Ernest – 1979
An instrument was developed for observing teaching behaviors related to some of the theoretical components of inquiry teaching. Four scales were designed to measure personalized planning, confrontational emphasis, transitional querying, and manipulative opportunities. Inter-rater reliability was obtained for ten taped samples of secondary social…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Observation Techniques, Higher Education, Inquiry
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