This document reports on an educational research study addressing problems of classroom dynamics in the elementary level science laboratory. Major aims included identification of student and teacher roles, role departures, and pupil thought processes through pupil behaviors. Results indicate that changes in teacher and pupil roles do not…

This report presents data obtained from an experiment in student teaching behaviors designed to suggest an explanation for the previously detected relationship between cooperating teacher behavior and student teacher utilization of skills acquired during microteaching training. In order to determine if one or the other explains more effectively…

Research supported in part by U.S. Office of Education, OEC-4-6-061646-1909.

Third of five articles in a series, titled "The Elementary School: Focus on the Culturally Different.

Noting Martin Buber's rejection of both the permissive (individualistic) and the authoritative models of education and his dislike of clear epistemologies or systematic pedagogies, this paper examines Buber's work as an organized philosophical underpinning for dialogue in the classroom. The paper details Buber's approach to education as an…

The relationship between lesson characteristics and the improvement of the delivery of educational services to Hispanic Americans was examined, using data from four contrasting classrooms (two successful and two unsuccessful) located in a Southern California medium-sized school district. The contrast between classrooms was determined by the…

The ruling model of the college teacher of composition has been the "composition instructor," who like the military drill instructor is unflinching, authoritarian, and dedicated to turning students into disciplined writers of standard English by means of drills and criticism. The military pose is inherent in the call for a return to…

Knowledge of leadership is an important consideration for both teacher preparation and performance, and effectiveness in both areas can be improved through an understanding of the relationship between the dynamics of the classroom social system and the leadership style (motivation) of the teacher, and the conditions under which they meet.…

In-depth interviews with eight teachers who consistently and successfully developed individualized, personalized classrooms are reported. The object of this investigation was to determine how these teachers perceive the teaching and learning process and how they view themselves and their development as teachers. The teachers varied in their…

Qualitative and quantitative methodology in classroom observation were combined in this study that examined nine second grade reading classes. Each classroom was observed by an ethnographer and a classroom coder ten times throughout the year, and each observation lasted 90 minutes. For each classroom, four of the ten observations were also…

A project was undertaken to create a substantial data file containing multiple measures of learner attainment information in order to provide alternative models for teacher preparation effects through regression analysis. A general description of both the performance-based secondary-level teacher education program at Texas A & M University and the…

A framework is suggested for the analysis of teaching, whether for purpose of research, evaluation, or moral inquiry, that is an alternative to the present form of analysis. This form seeks in the analysis of teaching those teacher characteristics that can be established as causally reactive in producing student achievement. Differing…

This report presents an analysis of information about the teaching styles used by parents of children enrolled in the Queensland Preschool Correspondence Program in Australia. Structured interviews conducted with a sample of 47 mothers in their own homes provided the basis for analysis and categorization of teaching styles. Interviews cover such…

A model of elementary school teacher behavior affecting pupil outcomes is presented, and research based upon that model is discussed. A portion of the model, the relationship between teacher aptitudes and knowledge, teaching behavior, and pupil outcomes is focused upon. Aptitudes considered important included verbal and reasoning ability, memory,…

The strategy for improving college teaching includes: (a) a method for measuring student learning styles, (b) the design of alternative learning activities for student learning styles, (c) the matching of student learning styles with instructional activities, and (d) a research model for improving college teaching. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator…