A classroom observation checklist for evaluating secondary schools reading instruction is presented. (MJL)

The teacher needs to recognize the supervisor as a helping individual, just as the supervisor must recognize that the teacher is a leader and organizer who conveys a spirit of confidence and competence when working with students. A non-evaluative approach can assist the supervisor in building an openness conductive to a truly helping relationship.…

Several questions are raised about what appear to be universal prescriptions for increasing teacher effectiveness. (MM)

The Tuckman Teacher Feedback Form is a short, 28-item semantic differential which generates four scores, based on a factor structure described by Tuckman (1974), in the areas of creativity, dynamism (energy plus dominance), organized demeaner (organization plus control), and warmth and acceptance. (Author/MV)

School psychologists rely heavily upon teachers' evaluation of children's classroom behavior as part of their assessment and intervention processes. However, some evidence suggests that teachers' ratings may fluctuate during the academic year, with higher levels being reported later in the year. This study assessed the comparability of different…

This guide brings educational practitioners up to date on how to administer and interpret a wide range of assessment methods for students presenting with emotional and behavioral difficulties. It offers insights and tools for K-12 practitioners and trainees in regular and special education. Delineating a concise conceptual framework, the first…

Described and presented are the Scales of Communicative Interaction, designed to identify the child who rejects verbal communicative interaction by delineating his habitual use of interactive language and noting the next highest level of language toward which remedial efforts should be directed. (DB)

Presents an inquiry into the nature of principals' written accounts of observations of classroom teaching. (Author/RK)

A procedure for recording and coding teacher and pupil behaviors in the classroom has been described and suggested as an assessment instrument of the school psychologist. (Author)

Proposed a method of predicting the mean rating of the cooperating teacher and college supervisor of student teachers on the Teacher Observation Rating Scale. Direct observation and operationally defined personality measures predicted student teacher performance more accurately than the prediction of academic performance in education. (Author/JAC)

Describes an ethnographic study of writing in one elementary classroom that identified four functions of writing: writing to participate in community, writing to know oneself and others, writing to occupy free time, and writing to demonstrate academic competence. (HOD)

Presents the author's personal viewpoints on the University of Leicester's School of Education Observational Research and Classroom Learning Evaluation (ORACLE) project. (DS)

A British observational study of science classroom interactions was replicated in Atlantic Canada with 33 teacher-class units. Comparison of results revealed a less practical approach to science teaching in the Canadian classrooms, with greater emphasis on the informational aspects of science and convergent, problem-solving activities. (Editor/SJL)