The author concludes that Flanders' System of Interaction Analysis can be a valuable device for training teachers, particularly if carefully used in conjunction with other instruments; as a research device, problems of sampling rate and category definitions limit its usefulness. (Author)

This paper is part of a systems analysis begun during the fall semester of 1970, and conducted by the School Psychology Department of George Peabody College. (Author)

Classroom observation during an adult education course revealed that teachers behaved differently towards students they had been told were potential high-achievers--and that those students did perform well, even though the information given the teachers was false. (PD)

Stresses the need for more research into the actual instructional behavior of English teachers and discusses current findings of research of this sort. (SW)

Describes program of testing kindergarten children to discover, as early as possible, potential impediments to learning. Parent conferences foster home interest for children who need special help. (CJ)

Integrates supervised classroom experience in reading 2 mornings per week and student-supervisor conferences with college course work for elementary education majors enrolled in a Teacher Education through Applied Methods (TEAM) project. (MD)

Research supported in part by grant MH-07346 from the National Institute of Mental Health, and a grant from the Illinois State Department of Mental Health.

Adolescent mothers (n=45) completed questionnaires measuring perception of the newborn (Neonatal Perception Inventory), knowledge of influences on child development (Infant Caregiving Inventory), and emotional state (General Health Questionnaire); they were also systematically observed while interacting with their infants in a naturalistic…

This study, an approach to controlling "acting out" behavior of handicapped children in elementary schools, discusses sensory extinction as an approach to reducing the disruptive classroom behavior of a nine-year-old severely retarded boy through behavioral consultation. (Author/PN)

Describes how the Ellington (Connecticut) Public Schools use community visiting teams to involve the community in school improvement. Teams are chosen from among persons recommended by community groups, visit a school for three consecutive days with a consultant, accomplish five evaluation tasks, and submit a written report with recommendations.…