Welcome to the classroom of Jill Sontag and her 19 young bilingual collaborators. Join them as they simultaneously explore the world of insects and the world of language. These curious and energetic second graders are easily drawn into the realm of bugs. Encouraging them to speak in Spanish, however, is a bit more complicated. Jill uses her…

This study explored the impact of "Technology Enabled Active Learning" (TEAL) on students learning general physics, focusing on differences between genders and among various achievement levels. A quasi-experimental investigation was conducted on two semesters of courses offered in 2008. Data sources consisted of pre-tests, post-tests,…

The author provides a theoretical construct and shares personal experiences of how teacher-educators should conduct a self-examination to understand better how they view the educational potential and success of students who are racially, culturally, and ethnically diverse. Theories presented include a brief introduction to social identity…

Some time ago, the author collected data for a study on students' experiences of preparation for assessment of their art portfolios at the high school level in Canada, England, and The Netherlands. Participants with whom the author had conversations in Canada described varied by mostly rewarding experiences. However, one student's description of…

This article explores the social and professional dynamics "when teachers face teachers" seeking to impact colleagues' instructional practices to improve student learning. Specifically, it examines a group of 40 teachers leading staff development sessions at their schools in an effort to bring more literacy strategies into the pedagogies of…

The effective organization and presentation of lecture material is described. Because the average lecture takes 40-50 minutes, it needs to be planned and structured in advance, since the lecturer's instinctive ordering of points may not be the best way for students to receive them. The material should be organized first for the course as a whole…

An open classroom advocate who believes that the virtues of a classroom rely on the presence of the teacher urges teachers to think creatively about themselves and the world they live in, rather than embrace unquestioningly another educational formula. (Author/CS)

The study was designed to determine whether interaction verbal behavior patterns during student teaching changed or were modified significantly after two years of independent classroom experience. Those teachers who were less flexible during student teaching shifted to a more flexible style during independent classroom teaching. (Author)

Thirty-seven commercially available software programs were circulated among 13 teachers of 3- to 5-year-old handicapped children in order to: (1) evaluate commercially available software advertised as appropriate for the preschool population; (2) identify for future use in evaluating software the characteristics of software appropriate for the…

The author presents a variation of Q-sort testing appropriate for the examination and quantification of responses to questions concerning teacher values and attitudes relating to teaching style. Specifically, the method is designed for use in examining the four "families" of teaching models developed in Joyce and Weil's taxonomy: social…

This study examines the hypothesis that the interaction between a student's achievement orientation and the teaching style to which he is exposed differentially affects both the amount of learning that takes place and the degree of expressed satisfaction with the scholastic environment. One hundred students, selected because of their extreme…

This research study is a continuation of the work on Instructional Flexibility Training (IFT) developed by Joyce and Hodges. It attempts to discover if the use of IFT helped student teachers control the flexibility of their teaching styles, whether they could employ a variety of teaching models, and whether the conceptual ability of the teacher…

The Pupil Control Ideology Form (PCI Form) and the Biology Classroom Activity Checklist (BCAC) were used to determine the relationship between teachers' stated pupil control ideology and the extent to which their students reported the use of inquiry methods in the classroom. Data were collected from a stratified random sample of 168 teachers and…

The author of this paper proposes that a position paper by a course instructor be presented prior to or at the first session of the course in order to provide the student with information if the course will meet his needs. Such a position paper may also serve to provide a basis for dialogue that considers in a theoretical and in a personal way the…

This study identified two groups of teachers with different control styles and examined changes in their behavior during the year. Seventeen K-2 teachers who varied in control style were observed at the beginning of school, in late October, and during the winter. Four observation instruments, a rating device, and a classroom description were used.…