The results of six studies investigating the effects of different teaching methods on undergraduate student involvement in classroom learning are discussed. An interpretation of the data suggests that supportive teacher behaviors which satisfy safety needs are directly related to student participation. (JN)

Relates the interactions between an English teacher and a "problem student," showing how each learned to bend toward the other. (RL)

As a phenomenon, new education is described in terms of observed classroom behaviors. Several frameworks that might provide explanations of the phenomenon are examined, but each is found to stop short of genuine insight into the unconscious mechanisms at work. An explanation based on psychoanalytic insight is offered. (Author)

Experimental fourth grade teachers were instructed about characteristics of effective mathematics teachers. Using a standardized mathematics achievement test as the dependent variable, the model proved effective. The interactions between student aptitudes, teacher style, and instructional model helped to interpret the influences on student…

Presents a model of second language teaching which attempts to describe the categorical components of teaching styles, and to identify the sociological, educational, and personal factors which determine individual teaching styles. (AM)

Presents the Award Address for the 1979 American Chemical Society Award in Chemical Education. Discusses teachers and learning situations which made a difference in the recipients' schooling and the significant attributes of teachers and techniques of teaching that stand out as lessons for would-be teachers. (BT)

Identified perceived leadership styles of student teachers and their supervising teachers and compared leadership styles of elementary and secondary student teachers. Student teachers saw themselves as having greater concern for students than did their supervising teachers. Secondary student teachers were significantly more task-oriented than…

Investigates the influence of treatment and the interactions between treatments and selected pupil characteristic variables, with respect to pupil achievement and preference for treatment, and examines treatment-teacher interactions. Among the findings, this study suggests that students prefer to operate in less structured modes for the medium or…

Outlines issues of personality factors/communication style, teaching style/philosophy, and classroom management style that should be explored by teachers before they embark on a collaborative venture into inclusion, where special and general education teachers team for extended periods of the school day. (SR)

Describes and analyzes a short teaching episode in a multilingual secondary mathematics classroom in South Africa where the teacher uses a participatory-inquiry approach. Argues that such an approach to teaching and learning mathematics creates dilemmas of mediation for teachers. (AIM)

In a study at Laval University (Canada), 94 faculty were surveyed concerning their teaching style, and over 3,000 of their students were also surveyed concerning teaching style, closeness of relationship with the teacher, satisfaction with teaching style, positive feelings toward teacher, and course satisfaction and involvement in learning the…

Argues that classroom learning requires teachers who are keenly aware of everything that poetry and art bring to human existence, as well as an environment that is stimulating and peaceful. Describes elements of successful classroom environments. Suggests methods for teaching poetry and for inspiring students to create paintings. (AJL)

Students use various approaches to learning based on the interaction between their personal characteristics, task characteristics, and the learning context. While students may appear to demonstrate a particular style over time, this style may change. In fact, the ability to draw on multiple strategies for different tasks distinguishes good and…

Describes a novel assessment method used to examine Japanese and American teachers' ideas about what constitutes effective mathematics pedagogy. Evaluates American and Japanese mathematics lessons and classifies teachers' comments into over 1600 idea units. Suggests that U.S. teachers have culturally sanctioned options for teaching mathematics;…

Examines whether observers' perceptions of private lessons are affected by the type of teacher verbalizations used to make student performance corrections. Asks preservice music education teachers (n=50) to respond to a 10 statement questionnaire after viewing two videotaped private lessons. Finds no meaningful difference in subject responses…