Responding to the need for fine-grained investigation of what adaptive teaching entails, this article reports on 88 qualitative lesson observations with highly competent teachers. The findings illustrate how, amidst the unpredictable flow of classroom life, the participant teachers fashioned a power dynamic with students that was asymmetric and…

The Social Science Observation Record is a systematic observation system. When used to provide feedback to preservice social studies teachers participating in a teach-reteach microteaching sequence, subjects obtained a significant increase in value-oriented student behavior. When used to analyze printed transcripts of mathematics teachers,…

The gap between theory and practice in the field of physical education is examined, with particular attention paid to the implications of the disparity for teacher training. Some learning and teaching objectives of physical education are discussed, and the importance of a firmly established and cooperative relationship between teacher and pupil is…

MICROTEACHING AT BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY CONSISTS OF THE PRESENTATION OF A LESSON BY A STUDENT TEACHER TO A MICROCLASS OF THREE TO FIVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. WHEN THESE STUDENTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE, THE MICROCLASS IS COMPOSED OF HIS PEERS FROM THE COLLEGE CLASS. THE TRAINEE'S INSTRUCTOR, OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS COLLEGE CLASS, AND THE MICROCLASS…

To substantiate the theoretical efficacy of microteaching with videotaped feedback, 25 student teachers were assigned to a Teaching Techniques Laboratory in which microteaching methods were emphasized. Following completion of the training program, participants and a control group with no laboratory experience received placement in Chicago area…

Discovery of which learner characteristics or aptitudes interact with different methods of instruction is the objective of this research study. A model is used to match the cognitive, motivational, value, and sensory orientations of the student with forms of presentation considered compatible with characteristics of the learner. Description of the…