The development of a new approach to the analysis of teacher behavior on the dominative-integrative dimension is proposed. The major characteristics of integrative behavior are flexibility of response and acceptance of individual differences, while dominative behavior is characterized by rigidity. The approach consists of a combination of direct…

This paper describes the development of an instrument designed to obtain systematic data on the physical state, medical and social interactions of a woman in active labor. Observations were made of primiparous women who were accompanied in the labor room by the father. Women who had received childbirth training and those who had not were included…

Some of the merits and limitations of Competency Based Teacher Education (CBTE) programs are reviewed, and a model CBTE program is presented. The model CBTE program is the primary concern of this discussion; however, arguments are mentioned for and against other such programs to give perspective to the components chosen for inclusion in the model…

The Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study, Phase II, was a research project on effective teaching behavior--what teachers do that significantly affects what and how pupils learn. The purposes of Phase II were to (1) develop an assessment system for measuring teacher and student behaviors and other factors which could influence each of them and their…

This study was designed to compare inexperienced and experienced teachers of both sexes in terms of types of teaching behaviors, reactions to boys and girls, and reactions to different child behaviors, particularly sex-preferred behaviors. Forty teachers, 20 male and 20 female, were observed for 10 hours each during free play periods in preschool…

This article includes school improvement variables to be considered in the evaluation of school improvement under the provisions of California's AB 65. The variables are categorized as pupil and teacher attitudes, instructional methods involving pupils and teachers, and school plant data. (Author)

Classroom visits by principals were found to be successful in helping some teachers maintain the use of skills learned in an in-service teacher training program. (Editor/MM)

Selected data from a junior high school science assessment study are presented to demonstrate the potential of pattern analysis for teacher evaluation, and to illustrate its superiority over other classroom observation techniques. (CP)

The idea that nontraditional educational programs should be evaluated according to criteria defined by the theories behind the program is applied to an evaluation of a Planned Variation-Project Follow-Through program. Classroom observation was used to study adult-child interactions. (GDC)

Discusses some of the ways in which interviews, questionnaires and classroom observation may be used to explore the extent to which curricular innovations are being implemented in schools. The focus is on exploring the problems of implementation of the Scottish Integrated Science Scheme used in Scotland. (HM)

Twelve teachers were selected four students subsequently labeled accepted, concerned, indifferent and rejected. Teacher verbal behavior, teacher-student interpersonal distance, and student questionnaires indicated significant differences in school attitudes among the students, but not in teacher behavior toward them. The situational context…

An ethnographic depiction of the regularities of classroom instruction and an understanding of the student intent and response in such settings provide a perspective on both project Follow Through and the problem of task engagement. (Author/MLF)

Tests the hypotheses that a classroom teacher can, with a minimum of assistance, apply a "game" contingency to control the maladaptive behaviors of students and that this could be applied without upsetting the informality of the classroom or the teacher's on-going instructional function. (Author/RK)

Findings of a new observational schedule--Cognitive Verbal Nonverbal Observation System, used in the evaluation of a New York Title I project, CREED III (Cooperative Research Endeavors in Education of the Deaf)--Inservice Teacher Training in Cognition, are presented and compared with findings of other observational schedules in schools for the…

This article focuses on some of the many field observation techniques available for school counselors to use with elementary school counselors. (Author)