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PDF pending restorationAbramowitz, Susan – 1977
This research paper sought to determine whether smaller sized schools decrease student alienation and increase program diversity both within the school and compared to others. Hypotheses tested were: (1) participation in small work units positively affects teacher task interdependence resulting in greater teacher interaction; (2) teacher…
Descriptors: Class Size, Classroom Environment, Interaction Process Analysis, Interprofessional Relationship
Download full textEvaluation Technologies, Inc., Arlington, VA. – 1979
This volume serves as a source of information about the relationship of Teacher Corps Youth Advocacy Project activities to the field of secondary school reform for troubled youth. This document presents major theories about educating troubled youth, theoretically-based programs, and research and evaluation on their effectiveness. Theories are…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Change Strategies, Child Advocacy, Delinquent Behavior
Fanselow, John F. – 1982
As a botanist uses specific, non-judgmental descriptions that are part of a conceptual framework to help see different varieties and characteristics of plants, so teachers can see more clearly what they do if they describe rather than judge what is done. If the purpose of using a framework or model to discuss lesson presentations and classroom…
Descriptors: Body Language, Classroom Communication, Classroom Observation Techniques, Communication Research
Katterns, Bob – 1982
In the "Learning and Teaching" course at the University of Waikato (New Zealand) College of Teacher Education, explorations are being conducted into the advantages of training student teachers to work, on a more genuinely collegial basis, with the college's cooperating teachers. The assumptions and objectives of the course focus on…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Cooperating Teachers, Education Courses, Higher Education
Murphy, H. F.; Wilkinson, J. E. – 1980
Using a test-observe-test design with a sample of 29 4-year-old children, this study examined the relationship between children's activity choices in a typical progressive nursery school and their intellectual performance, socioeconomic status (SES), and sex. An attempt was made to identify those experiential factors associated with changes in…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Class Activities, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
Riley, Roberta D.; Robinson, Bryan E. – 1980
According to legislation, a teacher center governing board should be composed of a majority of elementary and secondary teachers, including those from the special and the vocational fields; representatives from local institutions of higher education; and the school board. A simulation game, designed to provide board members with an understanding…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance
Acheson, Keith A. – 1981
Techniques for observing the classroom behavior of teachers and students are examined. These techniques provide a framework for analyzing and understanding classroom interaction, for making decisions about what should be happening, and for changing instructional behavior when it is necessary. The observation methods allow collection, analysis, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Observation Techniques, College Instruction, Data Analysis
PDF pending restorationZentella, Ana Celia – 1978
This study of code switching among Puerto Rican children attending a New York City public school focuses primarily upon the correlation between interaction rules, as perceived by the participants, and code switching. Code switching strategies of a seven-year-old boy, an eight-year-old girl, and a 10-year-old girl in the bilingual third grade class…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language)
Simon, Anita, Ed.; Boyer, E. Gil, Ed. – 1974
The 99 observation systems described in this anthology describe measurable categories of behavior, rather than global concepts. These systems function as a meta-language--a language for describing communication. Each represents one or more of seven major categories: affective, cognitive, nonverbal, activity, content, sociological structure, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Communication, Classroom Observation Techniques
Medley, Donald M.; Hill, Russell A. – 1973
The rationale of the Observation Schedule and Record (OScAR) is described, and research is reported to show the extent to which the form fulfills its purposes. In order to provide objective, reliable, and valid information about the teaching process, this classroom observation schedule is used to record the frequency of occurrence of 42 teacher…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research
OLMSTEAD, JOSEPH A.; AND OTHERS – 1967
EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP IN HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATIONS MUST BE GOAL-ORIENTED. HIGH-LEVEL LEADERSHIP MUST DEFINE ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS AND CHANNEL ACTIVITIES TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS. STUDIES WERE MADE BY HUMRRO IN MILITARY LEADERSHIP AND SMALL GROUP EFFECTIVENESS. IT WAS FOUND THAT POTENTIAL SQUAD LEADERS, SELECTED FOR ABOVE-AVERAGE INTELLIGENCE AND…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Environmental Influences, Evaluation, Goal Orientation
Kennan, William R.; And Others – 1980
A study of 25 male college students (14 Native Americans, 11 Anglo Americans) assessed the role of culturally-differing communications behavior in the dropout rate of Native American students (while the students want an education, they also wish to retain their cultural identity, and equate class participation with assimilation into non-Indian…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Classroom Communication, College Students
Bradley, Banks; And Others – 1979
Nonverbal teacher behavior is recognized as an important factor in establishing a positive social climate in the classroom. A feedback and analysis instrument is presented focusing on specific nonverbal teacher behaviors. These behaviors--facial expressions, gestures, body movements, and idiosyncratic characteristics--are categorized as either…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Body Language, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
Doll, Russell C. – 1977
The major theses of this paper state that the concept of educational change is different from the concept of educational innovation and the effectiveness and broad scale applicability of educational change is limited by influences often overlooked by planners and implementors of change. The minor theses state that (1) the fate of most educational…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Problems
Seliger, Herbert W. – 1977
Six adult students of English as a second language were ranked according to individual input into classroom oral interaction. Four hypotheses were then tested, regarding correlation between degree of input generation on the one hand and achievement and performance on the other. It was found that: (1) high input generators (HIGs) performed better…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cloze Procedure, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language)
