Teachers can accommodate differences in student learning styles by creating an environment in which individuals feel free to be themselves. (Author)

The School Environment Inventory (SEI), an instrument for characterizing classroom environments, consists of 23 scales subsumed under five major headings: (a) curriculum, (b) predominant mode of teaching, (c) degree and mode of organization of teaching, (d) quality of teacher's relationship with children, and (e) characteristics of the physical…

Contrasts Richard Peters' widely accepted analysis and justification of teacher authority with Nell Keddie's discussion of classroom knowledge. Contends that Peters' justification relies upon contrafactual presuppositions about what a teacher knows and teaches. Argues that authority, supposedly based on superior knowledge, is in fact an extension…

A concerted effort on the part of the teacher, the student, and the parent is essential for successful learning to take place. A discussion of how students should be guided in the learning environment was presented. (RK)

Eight teachers who consistently and successfully implement individualized, personalized learning in their classrooms were interviewed for the study summarized in this article. (Author/MLF)

Hearing impaired students who are mainstreamed often encounter problems in dealing with the usual flow of classroom communication. To examine the effect of action zone phenomenon, six mainstreamed classes were observed and coded for location of student-teacher interactions. Results and discussion are presented. (Author/DF)

Classroom research linking teaching behavior and classroom management to student learning, especially in the area of basic skills, is reviewed. (JMF)

This paper reviews the research carried out in New Zealand classrooms since 1967, including conference papers, theses and dissertations, published articles, and unpublished reports. Classroom research is defined as any work, irrespective of disciplinary affiliation, which is concerned with the actual day to day operation of classroom life. Review…

Contends that teaching would be more effective if it became "diagnostic" teaching, that such teaching is not possible unless backed up with an adequate system of record keeping by the teacher, and that, conversely, the establishment by a school of such a record keeping system is likely to encourage diagnostic teaching. (Author/RK)

This article cites various research studies on matching learning and teaching styles and discusses possible problems of this approach. Several aspects of matching learning and teaching styles are offered for consideration: the effect of teaching on learning, classroom management, and how styles affect classrooms. (DF)

Results of a research project investigating students' ratings of classroom resources and faculty teaching under two classroom environmental conditions are presented. (JMF)

An exploratory look at Taiwanese preschool children's compliant and noncompliant behaviors, how teachers responded to the behaviors, and the activity settings in which they occurred is offered in this paper. Observations were made in 10 different preschool centers in the city of Taipei; 5 were laboratory schools and 5 were private centers. A total…

The relationship between lesson characteristics and the improvement of the delivery of educational services to Hispanic Americans was examined, using data from four contrasting classrooms (two successful and two unsuccessful) located in a Southern California medium-sized school district. The contrast between classrooms was determined by the…