In order to investigate the effects of dialect interference on learning to read and the ways teachers accommodate reading instruction for first grade black children, observations and tape recordings were made of reading instruction in fourteen predominantly black classrooms, showing episodes of potential dialect conflict and six teaching styles:…

"Teaching as a Psychological Process" is a field-based psychoeducational teacher education program that is organized around a three-factor model of teaching behavior based on personal style interaction, interpersonal relationship skills, and teaching competencies. These three dimensions of teaching are approached through extensive…

This study extended over two academic years and involved six biology teachers and 199 students in nine slow-learner classes in four high schools. Classroom interaction was observed and recorded, then analyzed using the Flanders System of Interaction Analysis. Teachers were assigned specific roles of maintaining a definite interaction pattern or of…

A Study was conducted to answer two questions: Is the student-perceived ability of white teachers to relate to students a function of the ethnic background of the student group? Are different characteristics of teaching style associated with white teachers' ability-to-relate to student groups of differing ethnic background? Black and white high…

To compare the effectiveness of the traditional and the experimental approaches to Head Start classrooms, 68 children and six teachers in San Francisco participated in an educational experiment. The traditional approach emphasizes the children's internal motivation resulting from spontaneous free play and warm, accepting teachers, while the…

This paper analyzes verbal interactions between teachers and students to determine the speaking and listening skills which a teacher must possess. A simple model of classroom verbal interaction presents four possibilities: a) teacher-initiated conversation, b) pupil-initiated conversation, c) teacher response to pupil, and d) pupil response to…

The relationship between social class and patterns of reinforcement used by pre-school Israeli boys and girls and their mothers was investigated. Thirty lower and 30 middle class mothers instructed their own four year old in a simple task. These four year olds had previously taught a three year old a comparable task. Middle class children used…

This investigation attempted to determine, through the use of a population of high school biology students, whether relationships exist among achievement, directiveness of teaching style, and cognitive preferences. The instruments used were: (1) the Cognitive Preference Examination II to classify students on the basis of cognitive preferences, (2)…

Instructors whose students sit in a traditional classroom arrangement use space differently than those whose students sit in non-traditional arrangements. One study investigated relationships between teachers' spatial use and seating arrangements, interpersonal relationships, personality characteristics, and sex. The observation system utilized…

The University of Massachusetts School of Education has developed a curriculum in human relations--Human Interaction--written from a behavioral frame of reference, whose primary objective is the development of teachers who can act freely and spontaneously with intentionality. Building from materials in sensitivity training, traditional human…

As part of a larger study, the nature of the teacher-child relationship was examined in a random sample of 50 day care centers in Los Angeles County. Data were obtained by observation of teacher-child interaction and supplemented by interviews with directors and teachers. The groups of variables examined were: teacher performance, structural…

This paper explains the difference between one- and two-way communication between teachers and students and describes the effect on learning of these types of communication and of "psychological size," or the total psychological impact that one person has on another. The importance of integrating individual teacher style with these concepts is…

A survey of more than 6,000 secondary-school students was conducted to determine student perceptions of their teachers and classes. The results concerning mathematics classes are summarized in this paper. Implications for instruction are discussed. (SD)

A board of education member reflects upon the philosophy of in-service teacher education, the complex needs involved in in-service programs, and the problems of meeting those needs. (JD)

Neville Bennett's controversial research into primary teaching styles unearthed one informal teacher, who obtained higher learning gains from her children than any other teacher in the sample. The author reports on how she handles more than a thousand individual contacts a day. (Editor)