Analysis of teachers' questions, part of the ORACLE (Observation Research and Classroom Learning Evaluation) project research, is examined in detail. Scarth and Hammersley argue that the rules ORACLE uses for identifying different types of questions involve levels of ambiguity and inference that threaten reliability and validity of the study's…

Identifies the purpose and scope of the 1986 "Communication Quarterly" Educational Supplement. Notes that 14 of the 17 articles included are devoted to an analysis of the "Great Teachers in the Speech Communication Classroom." Indicates that the last three articles treat aspects of the role of research in communication education. (JD)

Notes the outstanding congruity between Wayne Brockriede's teaching methods and the theoretical principles advocated in his scholarship, and presents his (1) philosophical, argumentative, and critical methods; (2) personal and mentor relationships; and (3) connoisseurship and playfulness with ideas. (JD)

Examines three contrasting teaching styles in a middle-class junior high school. Performance expectations of the school culture often conflict with the developmental needs of early adolescents to integrate expressive, peer-oriented behavior into classroom activities. Teachers' responses to this tension determine their teaching styles. (Author/LHW)

Eight important teaching behaviors were modeled in vocational teacher education classes by faculty members. It was found that teacher competence can be positively influenced by role modeling and that attention to the eight behaviors makes teaching more effective. (CT)

Reviews history of educational patterns in relation to order in the classroom. Although the high schools of the 1940s were disciplined and ordered, this did not result in educational excellence. (MD)

How beginning teachers organize instruction and the reasons for their decisions were explored. Four first-year teachers, two in science and two in reading, teaching sixth and eight grades, were observed and interviewed. Findings revealed substantial differences. Factors contributing to these differences are discussed. (Author/MT)

Trained observers assessed the frequency of 95 classroom teaching behaviors shown by 124 teachers in arts and humanities, the social science, and the natural science faculties. Teaching effectiveness was measured by formal end-of-term student ratings averaged over a three-year period. (Author/MLW)

This article examines the issue of instructional time from the perspective of the teacher educator. The importance of using instructional time effectively is discussed and suggestions to monitor and improve class time management problems are presented. (MT)

Discusses problem areas in instruction, course development, and training administration, suggesting that a dominant factor in training effectiveness is an awareness of the limitations of the human mind to absorb material within a limited time period. Why the rule of seven can increase effectiveness of all training is explained. (MBR)

Reviews eight documents from the ERIC system that deal with teaching and learning: styles, processes, classroom interaction, innovative techniques (particularly in theatre classes), and obtaining grants to finance innovative ideas. (PD)

A study of relationship between teaching style (measured by Principles of Adult Learning Scale) and student achievement based on teacher assessment involved teachers and students in an adult basic education (ABE) program. Though teaching style and achievement are linked, approach in ABE and English as a second language settings differs from more…

Describes the University of Utah's experiment in liberal education, involving almost 100 freshmen in an integrated series of courses designed to promote educational and social growth. Explains that diversity among students and among teachers affected the programs' success, with approaches working for one student (or teacher) not working for…

A prospective teacher offers observations of an ineffective middle school English teacher. Specific behavior patterns demonstrating ineffective teaching methods are described. (DF)

Assesses a teacher's sabbatical leave tour of selected private and public schools in New England and the Middle Atlantic states to study English curricula and teaching techniques and to discover classroom teachers' and administrators' concerns. (RBW)