Irmscher relates some of his experience as a master teacher and editor and calls for the discipline of rhetoric to reach higher levels of understanding through cooperation of its practitioners. (CRH)

Analysis of responses of 279 academically gifted students in grades 5-12, and 110 teachers of gifted students (of same grades), on the Preferred Instructor Characteristics Scale, yielded such results as that students prefer teachers with personal-social attributes; whereas secondary teachers believe students prefer teachers with…

This paper focuses on the need for, and the conditions necessary to maintain, a racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse teaching force, stressing the importance of culturally responsive teaching. It begins by describing what can be accomplished through diverse learning communities. Next, it offers a comprehensive look at the demographics…

This study was an attempt to determine science teachers' teaching styles and to examine the relationships between these styles and teachers' demographic characteristics. To achieve these purposes, Teaching Style Inventory and Background Questionnaire were administered to science teachers in Tallahassee, Florida. Data analysis indicates that…

This guide is designed to help teachers develop and implement HIV/AIDS education programs for students with special education needs. It presents specific suggestions for adapting curricula and teaching styles to meet the needs of individual students. The introduction discusses why students with special needs should receive HIV/AIDS education and…

This study was to examine the teaching styles and the student preferences for teaching styles of adult educators in Taiwan. This research is a case study utilizing statistical analysis, interviews, and classroom observation. The findings indicated that although the instructors tended toward the andragogical, there was still a significant…

Research shows that student motivation and performance improves when instruction is adapted to student learning preferences and styles. Educators have a responsibility to understand the diversity of their students and to present information in a variety of ways in order to accommodate all learners' preferences. Several learning styles theories…

Based on a review of American literature and interviews with Chinese elementary mathematics teachers, a survey of elementary mathematics teachers' beliefs about mathematics and mathematics teaching was developed. The responses of 66 American and 92 Chinese elementary mathematics teachers were examined. Significant group differences were found in…

The dual purposes of this study were to examine teachers' experiences with and perceptions of Mosston's Spectrum of Teaching Styles and to compare and contrast teachers' and students' perceptions of and experiences with the spectrum. A teaching styles survey instrument was also validated in this study. Participants were 212 physical education…

The relationship between a skills and humanistic-custodialistic orientation to instruction and the change in this relationship during a student teaching experience were investigated. Two instruments, one measuring skills orientation and the other measuring humanism-custodialism (Pupil Control Ideology), were given to a group of Social Studies…

This study of six departments at the University of California at Davis indicates that the primary difference between faculty who have a high level of interaction with students and those who do not is one of style. (Author)

Presents several models to describe the instructional approaches adopted by many teachers, and analyzes the roles of the teacher and students that seem to be implicit in each model. (JR)

This article describes in detail how the inquiry teacher performs in the classroom and what the possible alternatives in the process are. The major goal is to clarify the components of inquiry teaching and to indicate the exact junctures where major decisions need to be made. The operations subsumed under instructional decision are spelled out and…

Article evaluated the influence of cooperating teachers on student teacher behavior and presented a conceptual systems manual containing teacher's oral communications. (RK)

While the Bedouin children's perceptual exploration might be considered less mature in some ways related to reading, this was not the case with other aspects of perceptual exploration. (DM)