Examines some facets of motivation, and investigates how students may be motivated (or demotivated) by the compatibility of their particular learning style with the learning material available to them. (JR)

Philosophers and poets from classical times to the present have argued that playful and amiable discourse are conducive to teaching and learning. The play principle enhances reading and study and should be applied by teachers to benefit their students. Teachers should help their students see that it is fun to enliven the imagination with good…

Four high school English teachers and their students participated in a study of the relationship between students' responses to literature and their teacher's preferred way of response, stated objectives, and style of teaching. Teachers responded to three short stories; students responded to three short stories as a pretest and to three more as a…

This paper attempted to provide evidence that the new and beginning teacher of today not only need not, but should not emulate any one person; rather, he will be a well-prepared individual "teaching personality" capable of challenging any fault-finding critic. (Author/RK)

Address delivered at the 83d Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association. Comments by Robert L. Zangrando, under the title of "The Evocative Mr. Sellers, are Included.

The materials provided in this management guide to a self-instructional module are to enable the instructor to select, organize, and present the content of a course while making the best use of available resources and presentation methods. This guide lists the module's objectives and the materials needed to complete the unit. The sequence of…

The document contains information presented at a conference session on crucial learning strategies and approaches for Black preschool handicapped children by school personnel involved with the Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, school system. Introductory information is provided on the following topics: speech and language remediation; parent…

The focus of this paper is concerned with the interaction of leadership-learning style preferences, instructional styles, and group dynamics principles involved in classroom communication. The importance of teachers tempering their leadership style and instructional models to facilitate efficient learning for students of different learning styles…

The relationship between the student teaching experience and attitude changes was investigated. Twenty-six student teachers and 41 control-group students responded to a Teaching Attitude Questionnaire both before and after field experience. This questionnaire assessed attitudes toward teaching, levels of anxiety, and imagined feelings as a…

Observational data on six first and second grade teachers were analyzed qualitatively to determine whether any of these teachers provided "assisted learning" during reading instruction. Assisted learning was defined as the teacher's intentional efforts to structure the students' learning experiences so that they could learn more easily.…

The present state of English primary education is depicted in this overview and possible future trends affecting primary schools are indicated. Primary schools in England and Wales are normally those with pupils between 5 to 11 years of age. The term Primary Schools encompasses Infant Schools (for children ages 5 to 7); Junior Schools (ages 7 to…

The relationship between a teacher's human values orientation and individual teaching style is explored. Undergraduate education majors were asked to complete the Teaching Style Q-Sort instrument containing 16 statements about teacher behavior, identifying each as most like or unlike their own style. The subjects were also asked to respond to the…

In an investigation of maternal teaching styles, 162 mothers taught their children two cognitive sorting tasks. Maternal teaching variables examined included language, motivation techniques, ability to interpret child's responses, and success in giving appropriate feedback in return. The effects of teaching styles on children were also analyzed.…

This paper reports on three studies of the changes in teacher effects on student learning and attitudes as a function of teacher practice. Two studies were performed in a tutorial context, the first with 4 tutors and 16 students, the second with 17 tutors and 68 students. The third study used small group instruction with 12 teachers and 288…

Described is a study to determine the degree of relationship between selected classroom and teacher variables and science teaching strategies. The perceived strategies were recorded and measured by the Class Activity Checklist (CAC) which is a modification of the Science Class Activities Checklist (SCAC), (Yeany, 1974). The observed teacher…