This paper draws on a study of curriculum consonance (correspondence between teachers' goals, what ensues in the classroom, and what students learn) in three tenth-grade social studies classrooms. The three teachers had about the same number of years of teaching experience and educational attainment, and they were about the same age. The…

This study attempts to analyze some aspects of open education by examining the effects of the teacher's authority style. This aspect of the structure of the school is examined in conjunction with certain status characteristics of the school population. The following variables are considered in the study: (1) community type; teacher race, sex,…

A review of problems inherent in enhancing written guides for teachers is presented, focusing on the impact of different conceptions of educational practice and teaching. The goal of this review is to formulate theoretical perspectives and practical precepts for authors and readers of guides for educational practice and teaching. Conceptions and…

Data for this study were collected by observing 60 secondary school English classes over a four-month period. The principals of six schools chose 15 of their most effective teachers to be observed. Four questions were addressed: (1) How do teachers and students spend classroom time together?; (2) What instructional processes are used most often?;…

Using a specially-constructed category system (CATS), biology lessons are analyzed for attribute-treatment interaction (ATI) and the data submitted to analysis. Relationships between fifteen individual predictors (general ability, four personality factors, two cognitive preferences, treatment, and seven first-order attribute-treatment…

Teacher behavior associated with effective mathematics instruction in elementary schools had earlier been characterized and translated into an instructional program. Key instructional behaviors identified were: daily review, development, seatwork, homework assignment, and special reviews. A vigorous test of this program was undertaken using 40…

During its infancy period, humanistic education was strongly influenced and nurtured by T-Group and Human Relations Training, along with the personal growth and encounter activities of the human potential movement. As it moved into childhood, humanistic education recognized the need for more practical methods of implementing its new ideas and…

A three-month observational study was conducted to determine the time allocated to each subject matter in six elementary school classrooms and the specific time allocations for skills within the language arts and reading curriculum. Teachers recorded their instructional activities through daily self-observation logs and weekly planning schedules,…

This guide for adult educators is a collection of discussions intended to initiate further inquiry as well as to offer practical suggestions on teaching adults. After a comparison of pedagogy and andragogy, a brief definition of adult education is given. A profile of the adult student is followed by outlines of the importance of guiding and…

The purpose of this investigation was to learn if individual differences between teachers affect the degree to which they are receptive to inservice training. The specific objective was to determine if the conceptual systems teachers use to organize and act on elements in their own environments differentially affected their participation in and…

The interactive effects of a student's conceptual level and the structure of the teaching environment are examined. Concept level for the purposes of this study is identified as maturity in information processing and in interpersonal competence. Thirty-three preservice teachers were classified as being at a high, middle, or low conceptual level.…

Pertinent findings from the combined analyses of results of the United States Office of Education First-Grade Reading Studies are presented. Suggestions for incorporating diagnostic findings into the classroom teaching of reading are presented. The first-grade studies demonstrate that the reading achievement of first- and second-grade children is…

Experiments were conducted on five treatment groups of undergraduate students to determine the effect teacher/student interaction styles would have on the achievement levels of these students. The undergraduate students were administered mathematical achievement tests, after which the test administrators conducted fifteen-minute interviews. Each…

The consistency of teaching behavior of 28 sixth-grade teachers over a period of two years was studied and evaluated. Trained observers rated teachers with Ryans' Classroom Observation Record (20 scales that reproduced Ryans' factors of teacher behaviors). Many of the same teachers were observed again in the following year by a team of half-old,…

This paper presents some of the major findings of the Texas Teacher Effectiveness Study, an investigation of the teacher characteristics that correlate with ability to produce student learning gain. In addition to general information about the study and its findings, specific attention is drawn to contrasts between optimal behavior in low SES and…