Proposes a model of rationalization, reification, and alienation to explain teachers' reliance on commercial materials during their reading instruction. (AEA)

Two data-sets were used to assess the relation of teaching performances to pupil learning: (1) direct observations of teaching; and (2) teacher's reports on teaching activities and measures of pupil achievement. (MM)

Successful programs for children with ADHD integrate the following three components: (1) Academic Instruction; (2) Behavioral Interventions; and (3) Classroom Accommodations. This document describes how to integrate a program using these three components and provides suggestions for practices that can help children with ADHD in a classroom…

This paper describes a university research program, the Teacher Model Group, which developed a theory of teaching in context, examining how and why teachers make specific decisions and take specific actions as they teach. The teacher model includes descriptions of teacher beliefs, goals, and knowledge. Two core assumptions underlying the model are…

Five international conferences were held during the 1990s by the Peace Education Commission, a semi-independent subgroup of the International Peace Research Association. The conferences were held in Groningen (The Netherlands), Firenze (Italy), Kyoto (Japan), Budapest (Hungary), and Valletta (Malta). This document is a brief commentary on the…

A study investigated what reading and study strategies students with identified reading-related learning disabilities employ at the post-secondary setting and how the use of strategies differ for students who succeed in particular courses versus those who do not do as well. Nine students with reading-related learning disabilities participated in…

Results from a 2 x 2 factorial design with a single control group revealed that microcounseling subjects gained significantly more in criterion performance than the control group. There was virtually no difference in the effectiveness of the two micromodels, and behavioral supervision was somewhat more successful than recall interrogation. (Author)

Presents several models to describe the instructional approaches adopted by many teachers, and analyzes the roles of the teacher and students that seem to be implicit in each model. (JR)

Classroom techniques and material usage can change student attitudes and the concept that American society, and American schools as a microcosm of that society have become one in which to be real, to extend oneself for others is the exception, not the rule. (JB)

Analyzes teaching in the elementary school from the perspective of instructional roles. (Author/RK)

Reviews research related to science teacher education which suggests that specific verbal and non-verbal instructional skills can be developed by providing positive models of desired behavior, varying the amount of practice teaching during the training, providing specific feedback on limited behaviors, and modifying training according to trainee…

Description of the University of Ife's adult evening classes, and student and teacher evaluations of them. Concludes that better planning, funding, and supervision is needed. (JB)

This articles relates the experience in indtroducing a new approach to high school psychology in heterogeneously grouped classes of juniors and seniors at Doherty Memorial High School, Worcester, Massachusetts. (Author)

The issues involved in the incorporation of values or value processes into the social studies classroom are abundant and complex. The purpose of this article is to examine issues and alternatives. (Author/JB)