The paper identifies and defines necessary components for the induction of energy into the adult teaching-learning experience, presents a heuristic device which describes the likely positioning of components and the roles of teacher and adult learner as provider and receiver of influence toward energy, and proposes a quasi-stationary formula which…

This module is designed to provide practice in listening effectively and in responding to messages sent by another. The module is divided into two sets of activities, the first is the formation of a triad enabling the student to investigate the following: do you listen, listening and the unrelated response, incomplete listening, listening for…

The development of a systematic method for observing and describing significant aspects of teacher-pupil behavior in an experimental preschool educational program is described. The intent of the observation and description was: (1) to determine the extent to which theoretical principles and stated educational objectives were being implemented in…

This final report of an experimental program to test student attitudes describes progressive stages of the program conducted between 1965 and 1969 by the social studies department of the New Rochelle Albert Leonard Junior High School. Most of the time, pupils in the experimental unit were grouped heterogeneously for special presentations such as…

Using methods derived from sensitivity training, teachers can help students to "feel involved" with works of art and make works "come alive for them." Current humanities instruction is said to be impersonal, overly intellectual, poorly taught, and irrelevant. Sensitivity training emphasizes the individual and his capacities for self-awareness; it…

This study investigated the personal and academic qualifications essential for successfully teaching high school English to slow learners, and attempted to outline a curriculum that would foster the traits found desirable. Information was gathered from (1) extensive reading by the investigator, (2) questionnaires completed by 475 school…

Excerpts from college students' ratings of their English instructor are presented along with some remarks about the usefulness of such ratings. Students' replies were concerned with the instructor's (1) knowledge of and interest in his subject matter, (2) effectiveness with explanation, (3) annoying mannerisms and eccentricities, (4) bias, (5)…

This document contains abstracts of approximately 400 papers presented at the 1968 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. A sampling of the varied subjects covered includes: classroom interaction, verbal behavior, concept learning, conservation concepts, teaching the disadvantaged, teaching strategies, research on…

The articles in this booklet reflect a broad spectrum in their approach to discipline and the teaching process. Even though discipline is now called classroom control, these articles indicate that some educators question the desirability of precise prescription in the classroom. Running through the articles is a common thread: discipline is less…

It is the intent of this research program to provide a comparative base of social relationship patterns out of which will grow preliminary generalizations about the regularities of behavior which characterize the high school and to make the base available to education decision-makers. While educational research focuses on the student as learner…

This paper abstracts more than thirty sources selected for their usefulness in providing contexts and specific illustrations for understanding observation and analysis. Some Reasons for Classroom Observation and Analysis, includes seven selections that deal with factors related to the rationale for observing and analyzing classroom behavior.…

To determine whether change orientation was a measurable characteristic of vocational teachers, an instrument was developed consisting of eight attitude subscales designed to measure change orientations relating to: (1) reducing the number of under-prepared people entering the labor market, (2) meeting the needs of disadvantaged students, (3)…

A two group-two treatment research design is presented; it allows for the assessment of the individual and the combined effects of the two treatments. Advantages include: (1) Initial evaluation represents an estimate of the stabilities of the measurements; and (2) Observation 4 compared with the average of Observation 1 and Observation 2 tests the…

This unit of the Flexible Learning System (FLS) is designed to help teachers analyzing the effects of classroom situations on the self-concepts of children in preschool through third grade. Among the questions addressed are: What is a healthy self-concept; How do teaching practices affect children's self-concepts; and When are situations…

In addition to data on teacher performance and student learning, the Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study, Phase II collected data on the aptitudes, attitudes, knowledge, and personal characteristics of 95 second and fifth grade teachers and their students. This permitted the investigation of the relation of cognitive style to a number of variables…