If students are to be responsible in significant ways for their own learning, teachers must develop the ability to move from directive teaching behaviors to supportive ones. This paper examines a teacher-behavior model, presented in a book by Muska Mosston, that includes a spectrum of seven teaching styles, ranging from total teacher direction…

To determine whether teachers treat boys and girls differently with respect to providing response opportunities and giving feedback reactions, five teacher's arithmetic sessions and six teacher's reading sessions were observed and tape recorded three times over a four-week period. Differences in (a) quality of response opportunity for boys and…

This document contains abstracts of experimental and descriptive educational research in West Virginia. The stated purposes of the document are to disseminate relevent educational research to West Virginia teacher educators, to encourage ongoing research in all areas and at all levels in education, and to develop professional utilization of…

A prototype computer-assisted teaching training system (CATTS) was developed to help train special education personnel. CATTS is a comprehensive system which produces systematic observation, real-time analysis, storage, and feedback of specific observation coding data relevant to special education classroom teacher-pupil interactions. An…

This annotated bibliography includes 127 selected research articles and reports on teacher-pupil interaction which have appeared in the literature from 1968 to 1972. The entries are numbered and are arranged alphabetically by author in the body of the bibliography. Code letters identify descriptor categories by which each item is classified. A…

Communications to college students about the value of their composition are better expressed in words than in letter grades. Research by Sweet and Seidman suggests that free-style, positive comment on student papers produces a markedly improved attitude toward writing. The author's own research reveals that in the presence of positive, free…

The Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study (BTES), Phase II, was a research project on effective teaching behavior--what teachers do that significantly affects what and how pupils learn. The purposes of Phase II were to (1) develop an assessment system for measuring teacher and pupil behaviors and other factors which could influence each of them and…

The effects of the protocol film series, Concepts and Patterns in Teacher-Pupil Interaction, were measured by a film-based test after the test had undergone validation. The test, Categorizing Teacher Behavior, evidenced a high level of reliability and validity in a graduate level course in educational psychology. The test was judged valid by a…

The purpose of this study was to develop and assess the psychometric properties of a measure of teacher value systems. Three value systems were defined as values associated with (1) the pursuit of truth, (2) social and interpersonal relations, and (3) authority and its exercise. The scale was taken through three stages of development and field…

This study investigated the effects of teaching the principles of behavior modification to students for use in the classroom. This intervention procedure involved four male high school students and their first-year psychology teacher. The students were instructed in behavior modification principles by two guidance counselors during group sessions.…

This final report of the linear process-product relationships in a 2-year study relates characteristics of teachers to measured student learning gains. Correlations are presented that relate teacher responses on an extensive questionnaire and in an interview to measures of student learning gain on five achievement tests. The sample involved 30…

This exploratory module provides activities designed to enable the learner to develop an awareness of self. Activities suggest the formation of a group of 12-16 people and the presentation of a statement of self. The group is then subdivided, and participants share their statement after they have completed the following activities: personal…

This paper presents a case study of a sixth grade remedial math class which illustrates the thesis that only the "experimental attitude," not the "experimental method," is appropriate in the classroom. The thesis is based on the fact that too many independent variables exist in a classroom situation to allow precise…

As a result of behavioral science research cited in the introduction, the author concludes that: (1) two basic factors, labeled teacher-centered and student-centered, account for much of the variance in student perceptions of teachers; or (2) a single evaluative dimension may be an almost overwhelming factor in influencing responses to rating…

The purpose, methodology, limitations, program, and recommendations of this evaluation are carefully spelled out. The background, programs, intern selection procedures, and instructional consultant selection procedures, and responsibilities of the Pittsburgh Teacher Corps are described. A primary task was the preparation of a set of behavioral…