Investigations of relationship of teachers behavior to childrens task behavior in preschool. Less critical, less directive teachers showed a higher rate of children's task behavior. (ST)

Both academic and disruptive behavior in a classroom for children with behavioral problems were monitored under two different procedures for administering token reinforcement. Control may be more efficiently achieved by reinforcing academic behaviors incompatible with disruptive behaviors. (Author/JB)

A review organized around a conceptual scheme of relations between teacher behavior and pupil growth which has some direct support in the research literature.'' (Author)

Discusses the three vital factors upon which information derived from an evaluation instrument depends: (1) the criteria by which teaching performance is judged, (2) the reliability and validity of the acquired data, and (3) the comparison of the evidence against the criteria. (Author/EA)

A college supervisor describes her observations in an Italian Montessori school, where she filmed the children, and suggests that student teachers film their classes as an aid to observation. (SP)

Author suggests that in the classroom situation the teacher's perception of his pupils is of greater importance than the pupils' social class. (Author/MB)

Analysis of 18,528 classroom observations attempting to identify factors in the classroom that affect learning experiences of children. (RA)

A review of Analyzing Teaching Behavior," Addison-Wesley Press, 1970, by Ned A. Flanders. (DB)