Possible bases for student influence over teachers are examined. Since teachers cannot avoid being influenced by students, it is important for them to consciously select the kinds of influence efforts to which they will respond. (MJB)

Perceived student-teacher interpersonal similarity/dissimilarity (homophily/heterophily) was explored as a possible construct for deciphering the determinants of teaching effectiveness and for gauging teaching effectiveness. (MJB)

Situational analysis of student-teacher and student-student interaction during a kindergarten/first grade social occasion provides information on verbal and nonverbal behavior forms, situational contexts, and tacit rules of classroom interaction. (MJB)

Examination of student behavior in the college classroom led to the conclusion that the following organizational features promote a lack of student involvement in the classroom: (1) responsibility consolidation (a small percentage of students do the talking); (2) the tendency by instructors to avoid calling upon specific students; (3) infrequent…

Argues for the use of adult-adult interactions between teacher and student (as opposed to parent-child interactions) to help stimulate the revision of student papers. (HOD)

To ascertain effects of supervised counselor experience on measures of dominance, graduate students (N=32) were given the dominance and self-acceptance scales of the California Psychological Inventory and the California Fascism Scale. Results implied a supervised counseling practicum effected more of an increase in participants' feelings of…

Investigates time spent speaking by teacher and by pupils, the length of pupil classroom speeches, the range of individual differences in frequency and length of speech, the distribution of voluntary and nonvoluntary pupil speeches and their distribution among three categories: management, substantitive, and prohibitory. (Author)

A description of an intervention strategy that was designed on the basis of the initial level of interaction of an isolate preschool child with peers and adults is presented. The results of this case study are discussed. (Author/AL)

Results of systematic observation of teacher-student interaction in classrooms indicate that students exert influence over classroom events and accurately perceived their control. Students' perceive influence is related to academic achievement. The unidirectional model of teacher-to-student influence reflected in previous classroom research is…

Compares findings of four similar studies that analyzed patterns of teachers' verbal and nonverbal communication with different types of student populations. (JG)

Describes a training program designed to assist teachers in developing more effective one-to-one relationships with students. Evaluation of the training program tends to raise more questions than it answers. (EJT)