The purpose of the present investigation is to assess social class and race differences in the use of reinforcement by mothers and children. The general hypotheses underlying this approach is the expectation of a functional similarity between social class and race effects on the use of reinforcements by mothers and children. The subjects were 109…

The primary purpose of this study was to identify and describe individual differences in teaching style (i.e., teachers' patterns of questioning and explaining) in a standardized teaching situation. The secondary purpose was to explore relationships between teaching behavior and other teacher characteristics: teaching experience; sex and selected…

This study was designed to survey and describe the preservice education, inservice education, and the stated needs and problems of elementary school teachers of reading, grades one through six, in selected parishes of southwestern Louisiana and, also, to make comparisons in the manner each of eight dichotomous groups of respondents who had…

A study was conducted to develop a profile of values held by Oregon Community Colleges full-time professional staff members as a group and to acertain if there are differences in the values and perceptions held by sub-groups within the college staff. A total of 479 staff members were sent questionnaires, and 360 of these questionnaires were…

A model of teaching behavior as a role contract between teacher and student is proposed. The first dimension of the model, subject strategey, is based on the behaviors the instructor thinks are important and which he attempts to reward. His interests determine his choice of a didactic, generalist, or researcher subject strategy. The next two…

The major problem investigated was to assess the effectiveness of an instructional procedure designed to develop skill in questioning, as a teaching technique, by prospective science teachers. Subproblems investigated were to determine: (1) if skill developed during this instructional sequence would transfer to the student teaching experience; and…

A study of effects of teaching Project Physics (PP) on classroom social climates was made among a national random sample of classes. The population, divided into the experimental and control groups, included all classes with the same course, either PP or other physics courses, taught over a period from 1967 to 1970. Classroom climates were…

This program is the 1972 Distinguished Achievement Award Entry from Western Washington State College. This performance-based, field-centered program is located in six Seattle schools (K-12) which are ethnically, socially, and economically mixed. The participants complete the program in 2 quarters and on graduation are issued a provisional…

The differential effects of three values of the nonverbal component of communication on the productivity of inner-city and suburban fourth graders are explored. Eight categories of nonverbal behavior were selected, and an experimental teacher trained to employ them in the classroom, while at the same time enacting either a positive, negative or…

A study of teacher leadership styles and classroom climates in 75 elementary school classrooms shows that teacher task and expressive orientations strongly influence classroom morale. (Author)

The good teacher is a self-aware individual able to remain authentic in an artificial world. (JH)

The training of teachers in the use of six "classroom management schedules" designed to match the behavioral characteristics of various types of students is described. Treatment schedules are detailed, and results of their application by classroom teachers in eight case studies are discussed. (JMF)

This study evaluates vocational teachers and four dimensions of teaching style identified by Tuckman (1974) as creativity, dynamism (dominance plus energy), organized demeanor (organization plus control), and warmth and acceptance. The intent is to find whether supervisor ratings of teaching competency, whether structured or unstructured, in fact…

Presents the personal philosophy and classroom teaching ideas of a first and second year secondary level chemistry instructor. (SL)

The fright and uncertainty they themselves felt in unfamiliar places and situations enable teachers to take back to their classrooms an empathy with students who are ill-adjusted to school. Describes the Live, Learn & Teach program (EJ 144 148) developed by the University of New Hampshire for stimulating teachers' interest in changing fixed…