This paper moves from the data collected during an ethnographic research conducted in Second Life, which focuses on the observation of different technological difficulties in educational experiences. The main research interests focused on the social dynamics of educational experiences in Second Life and the opportunity to develop a proper research…

This article provides a literature review on academic integrity, which encompasses the values, behaviour and conduct of academics in all aspects of their practice. This is a growing area of academic research as a result of the expansion of higher education on a global basis and concerns about standards of professional conduct. The article maps the…

Our target article (Robinson-Cimpian, Lubienski, Ganley, & Copur-Gencturk, 2014) used nationally representative data to examine the development of gender gaps in math achievement. We found that when boys and girls demonstrate equivalent math test performance and are perceived by their teachers to be equally well behaved and engaged with the…

This review of research on teacher behavior covers 200 references cited in the bibliography, the bulk of them published in the 1960's. A short introductory section on the status of research on teacher behavior notes that it is "voluminous and contradictory." The main body of the paper is organized in terms of the reason why research on teacher…

Critiques James Sanders' argument that differences in teacher behavior do not significantly affect student achievement levels. Finds empirical research inevitably inadequate for contributing to knowledge of cause and effect in the classroom. Suggests that teacher education helps develop conceptual finesse to enable teachers to make their own…

This article explores some of the challenges and benefits of doing a dissertation with participants from a population to which I belong and on a topic some consider controversial, that of gay and lesbian educators. I describe the homophobia I experienced and how that homophobia affected my choice of topic, the research process, and my job…

Describes the research which uses process variables as criteria for prediction based on comparatively stable teacher variables. (Author)

The debate between proponents of ethnographic and quantitative methodology in classroom observation is reviewed, and the respective strengths and weaknesses of the two approaches are discussed. These methodologies are directly compared in a study that conducted simultaneous ethnographic and quantitative observations on nine classrooms. It is…

Examines direct observation procedures which can be used to measure classroom behavior variables. (Author)

Cites materials in the ERIC system concerning research on classroom communication and its implications, and notes some of the problems with that research. (HTH)

This report reviews the results of some 35 studies completed between 1956 and 1970 which attempted to relate systematically observed teaching behaviors to adjusted measures of student achievement. Information in each study includes investigator, date, population, time, tests used, and significant and non-significant results. The studies are…

Teacher behaviors toward hyperactive boys on methylphenidate (ritalin), toward hyperactive boys on placebo, and toward normal comparison peers were compared. Teachers were more intense and controlling toward hyperactive boys on placebo, but no differences emerged between comparison and medicated groups. Need for broader monitoring of treatment…

Maintains that professionalization theories for pedagogics, which center on the individual and on competence, must be complemented by a historical-functional analysis. Proposes a corresponding interpretation on the function of education in modern societies, and gives an outline of its theoretical foundations. Discusses problems of…

Reviews the conceptualization, methodology, productivity, interpretation, and application of teaching research which focuses on the relation between classroom processes (teaching) and products (what students learn). (DE)

The authors of this paper attempt to extract from the literature on teacher questioning behavior specific limitations of past research in this area and to provide recommendations for future research. Seven types of limitations and associated recommendations are presented. (PEB)