To provide diagnostic feedback for college faculty, a faculty evaluation rating scale was developed and used by college students. The instrument consisted of 2 global items--rate the instructor, rate the course; 5 questions on general teaching characteristic--presentation, enthusiasm, discussion, organization, and personal attention; and 42 low…

This study examined (1) teachers' ability to describe their own learning style and (2) whether teachers of differing conceptual levels view their own materials as primary or supportive instructional aids. The Paragraph Completion Test was administered to 34 teachers to measure conceptual level. These teachers were also asked to describe their own…

This paper approaches the task of defining basic teaching skills by identifying essential preactive skills. Piaget's model of cognitive development was used to determine the general goal of teacher training in preactive skills, to identify the three basic kinds of preactive skills necessary for teachers to learn, and to suggest the kinds of…

Two aspects of preschool teaching, teacher role and teacher style, are discussed in this paper. Teacher role refers to a teacher's behavior concerning the duties, responsibilities, and functions expected of the teacher by her clients and herself. Teacher style refers to the way in which individual teachers perform their roles. Teachers have had…

This booklet discuss five methods of handling disruptive behavior, including: (a) the teacher-dominant approach, (b) the analytic approach, (c) the behavioristic approach, (d) the student-centered approach, and (e) the teacher-student interaction approach. Application of the approaches is illustrated using an example of a classroom conflict that…

This 53-item test bibliography lists a variety of currently available measures which may be used to assess teachers. Among the devices described are: instruments which are completed by teachers and which provide an indication of their proficiency in or knowledge of both general and specific areas in education; self report attitudinal measures for…

Reported is a variety of studies associated with the development of new elementary science programs in the Boulder Valley School District. Three approaches to elementary science were given field trials, one using textbooks based on a conceptual schemes approach, one based on the Elementary Science Study materials, and the other based on the…

A system to identify strategies of justification used by teachers in the classroom was developed and used to classify secondary school mathematics teacher discourse. Justification of assertion and action were labeled "validation" and "vindication," respectively. Eight strategies were identified - six of validation and two of vindication. The most…

This is an account of the experience of a college instructor and a group of prospective social studies teachers as they answer a simple question concerned with direction of travel through the Panama Canal and explore the reactions of students. The situation originates in a class discussion focusing on ways of asking and responding to classroom…

The purpose of the research was to determine the effects of direct and indirect teaching style on elementary students ranked "high" and "low" in social-emotional development. Twenty teachers who demonstrated direct and indirect teaching styles were identified; 94 elementary students were ranked high and low, based on five measures of…

In-service activities should give more attention to how teachers learn and how teachers' learning styles are related to their teaching styles. (JD)

This study of teacher behavior in four classrooms reveals that, in the dimension of management, teachers looked rather alike. Where differences did exist, they seemed to be determined by the individual personality and philosophy of the teacher rather than by institutional contraints, which dictated the management core. (Author/MC)

The basic assumption underlying the open classroom approach is the view that, among children of the same age and sex, significant differences (in temperament, rate of growth, background, experience, and personality dispositions) exist, and, therefore, educational methods must take these differences into account. (Author/MC)

The subject-centered teacher establishes fixed classroom routines and strict classroom control. The group-centered teacher involves students in activities in which they will make decisions and grow socially and academically. A teacher may teach effectively using either procedure, or may combine the two types. (Author)

Describes four possible ways to teach science: the formal, the indirect, the interpersonal, and the integrative. Provides examples of science lessons which illustrate each of these ways of teaching. (PEB)