The use of the Truax scales of accurate empathy, nonpossessive warmth, and genuineness provides a useful, concrete and objective way to evaluate and train students in clinical field settings. (Author)

This paper reviews the use of video tape with respect to the training of counsellors and other helping professionals, accelerating client growth in counseling and therapy and examines the sources of information on VTR. Generally, VTR procedures were found to be very useful. (Author)

This document summarizes evidence of the effectiveness of protocol materials in the improvement of teaching. A secondary objective is to place this evaluation in the context of a brief review of protocol materials as an educational innovation, including also its genesis, purpose, problems, and recommendations for the future. The author then…

This paper is an abstract of a longer paper which was read at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in 1974. It begins with a brief background discussion on microteaching and goes on to list the teaching skills which microteaching develops. A brief summary of the research on microteaching is then given. The abstract…

This paper identifies some basic propositions regarding teacher preparation utilized by a curriculum development team in the development of a competency-based teacher education curriculum in reading and language arts. The propositions underlying this development effort had their genesis in the research and literature in teacher education, were…

This information package was developed by the Texas Information Service (TIS) to provide Texas educators with practical information on individualizing instruction. In addition to information on programs and practices, items on related concepts and instructional materials were included. The general contents of the package were divided into two…

Approaches to attaining coder agreement when analyzing protocols of problem-solving processes are considered. A new procedure for estimating consensus is presented. (MNS)

Recommends borrowing the tools of protocol analysis and modeling from psychology as an effective way to teach writing as process. (JL)

Experiences in this research study started in 1991 before many teacher educators were aware of the "?U"? curve hypothesis or predictable stages of culture shock and the recognizable stages used on the path to gaining intercultural competence. This study of student teachers is used here as an illustration of what happens when teachers are…

A related study found a number of changes in the reflective stance of preservice teachers using a video case curriculum in a mathematics methods course. These included a higher level of reflection, an increased use of evidence, a shift from affective to pedagogical concerns, and increased attention to student thinking (Stockero, 2006). The…

Study aim: To evaluate verbal and non-verbal behaviour of teachers and pupils in elementary swimming education and their impact on pupils' achievements. Material and methods: A total of 77 swimming lessons were videorecorded and coded with the modified Cheffers' Adaptation of Flanders Interaction Analysis System (CAFIAS); 46 PE teachers, swimming…

The transportability of an evidence-based teacher professional development program, the Incredible Years Classroom Management Program, was evaluated. This study compared the impact of two training methods: self-administered videotape modeling (VM) and self-administered videotape modeling plus consultation (VMC) on teachers' use of classroom…

In a study exploring how writers use audience awareness and how that awareness is related to the writer's age, four eighteen-year-old and four nine-year-old writers were assigned letters to write for two different audiences: a friend and a great aunt whom they had never met. Thinking-aloud writing protocols were produced at the time of writing. At…