The classroom management techniques of elementary school teachers were observed to determine their effectiveness in promoting desirable on-task behavior on the part of pupils. Seven approaches to class management were used as a framework for observation--authoritarian, behavior modification, common sense, group process, instructional emphasis,…

This issue of "Insights Into Open Education" investigates various aspects of the problems and potential of mainstreaming handicapped children into the regular school program. Brekke, in an article entitled "How Can Teachers Begin to Meet the Special Needs of Mainstreamed Children in the Regular Classroom?" asserts that teachers must concentrate on…

Second grade classroom protocols collected within this volume are examples of the protocols developed by the ethnographers associated with Special Study A: "An Ethnographic Study of the Forty Classrooms of the Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study." Twenty teachers at both the second and fifth grades were observed for one week by an…

A survey of teachers who had taken a course on behavior problems in the public schools at Florida Technological University was conducted to determine the effectiveness of this particular course. The results of this survey are analyzed and discussed. A questionnaire, formulated in a Likert scale format, was developed to provide information in six…

This instrument, developed and field-tested since February 1969, can be used to describe teacher behaviors during classroom teaching, planning, and evaluation and diagnosis. It is designed for use by a team of clinicians, the number depending on the purpose for which the instrument is used, e.g., to develop teacher descriptions for use in…

The primary aim of this book is to bring to the grade school teacher a survey of the most recent techniques and ideas of behavior modification which are applicable to good classroom management. All of the approaches and techniques presented could be of interest to teachers working at all grade levels. Since research has shown that the systematic…

This paper describes the prison education program established by Hagerstown Junior College (HJC) at the Maryland Correctional Training Center (MCTC). Although the first courses were offered at MCTC in 1969, it was not until late 1969 that cooperatively prepared guidelines were adopted by HJC and MCTC. An inmate screening committee, on which both…

Because of a shrinking demand for physical education teachers, students majoring in this subject at the University of Delaware are required to participate in activities to relate physical activities with other elements of the child's curriculum. (JD)

Examines the importance of understanding the way relations between teachers and children affect the development of learning environments and how classroom interaction may promote or retard learning. Describes how teaching styles depend on cultural contexts and examines successful and unsuccessful classrooms with examples from a variety of school…

Elementary, secondary, and adult students taking private piano lessons were on task for at least 85 percent of the lesson time. Teachers gave frequent reinforcement for academic behavior. While approval/disapproval ratios were not as high as the recommended 80 percent approvals, no evidence of effects on student attentiveness was apparent. (RM)

This book is just what many educators have been looking for: (1) A product that provides teachers with practical and sensible solutions for students' problems with inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity; (2) A resource for teachers, behavior specialists, psychologists, counselors, and administrators who must document interventions; (3) A tool…

This study offers empirical evidence in HRD e-learning completion. Based on the Learning Participation Theory (LPT) (Wang & Wang, 2004), a study was conducted with U.S. corporate e-learners to explore the determinants of e-learning completion. The results generally confirmed the hypothesis by the LPT that individual, learning process, and…

The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a significant difference among disciplinary procedures used among urban and suburban teachers. Thirty-eight elementary school teachers of grades K-5 were asked to complete questionnaires on classroom control techniques. Of this group, 19 teachers taught in the urban school district of…

This publication reviews literature and presents findings concerning programs at the secondary school level that are designed to serve English language learners (ELLs). These are students who come from homes where English is not the primary language spoken and whose English language skills are assessed as needing improvement. The report organizes…

Results of modifying mastery learning strategy to two diagnostic cycles with high school chemistry students (N=156) indicated that achievement of mastery learning students was significantly greater than that on nonmastery learning students. Attitudes toward science/science instruction were not significantly different but were positive in both…