In a study of 75 Southern California classrooms, it was found that both the demographic context and internal organization of the school had strong influences on the perceived classroom leadership styles of the teachers in it. (Author)

Students' evaluations of instructors are indicators of good or bad instruction, but often fail to accurately identify the characteristics of the instruction. An observational system is described which yields relevant information concerning the nature of the instruction. (JP)

A tool for measuring attitudes in the social studies classroom helps the teacher observe changes in the affective domain. (Author/KM)

Study compared patterns of teachers' verbal explanations of physics problems with patterns of scientific explanations evident in philosophical literature. Fourteen high school physics teachers were observed in micro-teaching situations and all verbal utterances analyzed. Results showed that constructs and lecturing are the most frequently used…

An observational system for classroom interaction based on the nature of science is reported. Author reasons that structure of the discipline must be considered while evolving an interaction analysis system. (PS)

Discusses advantages and disadvantages of recording systems, the major types of systems, of behavior analysis, and three systems in detail; questions of validity are raised. (SP)

It is felt that drawing progress is best achieved by art specialists working on repeated exposures rather than one-time lessons. This type of classroom research serves as a tool with which art educators can work with curriculum workers and administrators to improve art programs. (Author)

The purpose of this investigation is to determine whether children can reliably indicate their own best sources of reinforcement. (Author)

University of Georgia Student Performance was measured by the Test of Understanding in College Economics pretest-posttest procedure with Part II Forms A and B. Both lecture and TV groups were lower than the national norm with the TV groups the lowest. (Author/SE)

Describes classroom experiments, using invisible writing which produces a carbon copy while preventing scanning during the composing process, to examine how different writing tasks differ in their cognitive demands and how the need for scanning may indicate the cognitive difficulty of the task. (HTH)

Refutes R. Douglas Greer's contentions that behavior analysis is the best avenue for improving teaching and learning effectiveness. Maintains that, despite its success in the laboratory, behaviorism has limited application to the study of instruction in today's schools. (Author/MJL)

Two authors discuss the allocation of classroom instructional and noninstructional time and suggest ways that an elementary teacher can increase students' engaged time and his/her own productivity as a teacher. (Author/SJL)

Research on teaching has contributed few generalizations to guide teachers either directly or indirectly through its influence on the content of teacher education programs. Research involving practicing teachers, teacher trainees, and educational researchers working together on projects articulated with professional courses promises more than…