A refutation of the two most common objections to the use of student evaluations in judging teacher performance: that the student cannot recognize good teaching and that student evaluations are biased by grades and expectations. (CH)

The importance of individual differences among preschool teachers in implementing curriculum models is discussed. Interaction between the role expectations associated with a model and individual teacher styles accounts for the variation found within any one model. No matter what model is implemented, teacher variables largely determine degree of…

Early childhood educators have been ignored by their traditionalist'' philosophy and largely excluded from participating in the innovative programs. (DS)

An educational program for a group of predominantly black high school students enrolled in a summer "Upward Bound" program is described. A curriculum based on a learning or "psychobehavioral" perspective and a style of delivery for use with "disadvantaged" students are presented. (Author)

Audiotapes of 44 instances of classroom teaching, ranging from seventh through twelfth grade, were analyzed to find how teachers established relations between items under discussion and concepts already known to the students. Nine such relations were found and are described here. (MM)

Traces the development of the discipline-centered approach to curriculum planning and emphasizes need for greater integration between what is taught and what secondary students need to know and understand to meet the problems of their real world. (JK)

A fourth-grade science teacher turns a classroom incident of flatulence into a wide-ranging science discussion. He advocates spontaneous, almost random, free-flowing lessons; exploitation of charged subjects (including death, sex, disease); and nonlinear, yet organically organized, purposeful connections of various subjects leading to satisfying…

Describes a seminar for experienced classroom teachers in which participants schedule weekly conversations with other teachers to explore deeply one teacher's teaching practices and theories. Goals are to appreciate the art of teaching, to gain release from isolation, and to attain more congruence between theories and practice. (Author/JM)

Tod Hodgdon, a former math teacher, has no background in computer science yet manages to teach a popular programing course to first-time computer users. This article describes his teaching style and presents his views on computers in the schools. (Author/SJL)

The author advocates the expression of wonder and excitement in biology teaching in order to convey the fresh joy of discovery to young students. (SA)

This study considers the educational and social effects of different classroom settings on 99 primary-age children. Results show children in open-plan units are similar to those in the classroom unit in terms of intelligence, reading recognition, and vocabulary, but differ in their informal social interactions. (KC)

By keeping a diary of her class activities, the author was able to analyze her teaching behaviors and judge if they helped or hindered her goal of developing her students as independent learners. Extracts from the diary are included. (SJL)