Twenty-one classroom guidelines are listed for the benefit of student and first-year music teachers. (AM)

Describes an alternative method for using live animals in the classroom. A toy dog, the "Trail Tracker Hound Dog" (manufactured by CPG Products Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio), is used to encourage development of such skills as observation, hypothesis testing, and collection and analysis of scientific data. (Author/JN)

A teacher recalls her experiences with three "Unteachable" students and concludes that for a little while, at least, some well-known principles of teaching and theories of learning made a difference in the lives of real students. (Author/WD)

The school is a unique environment in which the tenets of behavioral, humanistic, and cognitive-developmental psychology can merge. A synthesized model that guides educators toward the application of behavioral, humanistic, and cognitive-developmental techniques is greatly needed. (CJ)

Data were collected from 173 public school and college teachers who taught both adults and children. When teaching adults, teachers appear to emphasize learner-centered behaviors and deemphasize controlling behaviors. Teaching differences were related to perceived differences between adults and pre-adults on learning-related characteristics.…

Describes the Science Activity Teaching model, which incorporates five teacher managerial behaviors into a model with these subcomponents: focus activity, student instructions, student group activity, synthesizing, and evaluation. This plan provides for the development of fate control, language formation, and social skills. (CS)

Health educators need to assist students in becoming more effective peer educators so that they can provide accurate information and advice concerning health and safety behavior to their peers. An effective peer education technique is role modeling, in which a peer imitates the meritorious behavior of the peer educator. (JN)

Presents a model for a creative art lesson which uses a mediational approach to modifying creative behaviors. Students learn vicariously through first observing a model demonstrate the complete learning experience. (Author/SJL)

Presented are vignettes about six special children and how they were helped by their teachers. The children's problems included physical handicaps, learning disabilities, and interpersonal/emotional difficulties. (SJL)

Four models of teaching methods are presented: social interaction, information processing, affective instruction, and behavior modification. The need for adapting these models to individual students is explored. (JD)

Common beliefs about children and school mathematics are presented and discarded. New and different ways of approaching mathematics instruction are then reviewed. Five rules for teaching are included.

The use of teacher praise contingent upon pupil correct responses was compared wih teacher modeling of words erred. The results clearly indicated that manipulation of reinforcement schedules was the more effective approach for the two Ss examined. (Author/DLS)

The article discusses the history, philosophy goals of a treatment program for seriously emotionally disturbed junior high school students. (Author/PHR)

"Thinking while teaching" was explored in a case study of teaching styles at an elementary school. Data were collected by stimulated recall interviews, classroom observation, and pupil sort tasks. The data suggested a high correlation between teachers' observable behavior and cognitive processes. (Author/JKS)

A high degree of classroom activity relevant to the lesson content positively influenced achievement in high school algebra lessons. (Editor)