Investigated sex-related teacher and student differences, and expectancy efforts, in an experimental teaching situation with Asian and White college students (N=96) taught by 12 teachers, all of whom possessed elementary teaching experience. Found sex of teacher, sex of student, and race of student were related to student performance. (Author/ABL)

Reports the effects on student classroom behavior of a performance teaching strategy in which teacher trainees of English as a second language "perform" to better engage students. Students paid attention more immediately and sustained attention longer, engaged more willingly in subsequent tasks, and appeared to enjoy the lesson more.…

Contrasts social constructionist and social interactionist approaches to the problem of discourse. Examines recent social interactionist studies concerning the effects of readers on writers' development, including investigations of word-segmentation skills, peer conferencing, and instructional discourse. (MG)

Presents experiments on the relationship between teacher intensity and levels of student attentiveness. Reports that increased levels of teacher intensity lead to greater student attentiveness. Discusses the implications of these finding for general music instruction. Identifies elements of effective teaching. (RW)

Provides suggestions for new instrumental music teachers to ensure success in their first year in the classroom. Gives advice for working with the principal and other teachers, for establishing a friendly but professional relationship with students, and for developing a personal teaching style. (LS)

Viewing teaching as an art, it is suggested that teachers should be prepared as artists are prepared. A model is presented for a preservice professional program which develops a pridefully creative outlook, an understanding of the humanities, a knowledge of pedagogy, and a personal artistic teaching style. (JD)

Describes a composition teacher's experiences in maintaining a flexible approach to classroom pedagogy. Argues that pedagogical theories are a helpful foundation on which to build a teaching strategy, but that they can only provide a framework over which the teacher must stretch the fabric of personal style. (RS)

Stresses the importance of "teacher talk" in the foreign language classroom. Recommendations include fitting the level of language to the learner, balancing practice of both lexicon and grammar, limiting redundancy, and suiting content of the language to each sentence's specific purpose. Examples of faulty teacher talk in Spanish are…

Study found differential effects for five types of teacher directions (verbal instruction, nonverbal instruction, verbal instruction with physical assistance, nonverbal instruction with physical assistance, and physical assistance) with 24 severely behaviorally disordered students, aged 9-16. Nonverbal commands resulted in the most appropriate…

Describes the use of validation counseling and consciousness raising in language teaching. An affective component addresses the way learners feel about the linguistic codes they use, and encourages learners to take responsibility for their own learning by making their own linguistic choices. (Author/CB)

Studies the effects of multiple staffing in an early childhood classroom through the use of participant and classroom observation. Interpersonal relationships, territorial ownership, and differential status characteristics contributed to differential behavior of an educator. (RJC)

Describes some of the teaching techniques found to be effective for educating students and combatting scientific illiteracy. Presents instructional methods developed for implementing learner-oriented educational philosophies and interactive teaching strategies. (RT)

Research activities pertinent to preservice teacher training program design are reviewed. The focus is on studies in which the dependent variables were the developing teaching styles of teacher candidates, or where there were measures of skill development as a product of program components. (IAH)

Examines teaching style differences between college and elementary and secondary school educators and how this causes collaboration problems between liberal arts and the field of education in teacher preparation. It also discusses teaching stereotypes, how these differences create problems for the teacher and for teacher education, and presents a…

Three teachers share techniques for adapting to learning styles: "The Personal Touch Eases Anxiety of Adult Students" (Bilderback); "Learning to Cooperate: Recipe for Success" (Lindsay); and "Thoughtful Questions Lead Students to Answers" (Crowley). (SK)