This book, designed for teachers and trainee teachers, provides an introduction to basic techniques and procedures in the classroom. The book illuminates these techniques and provides help in understanding their purpose and how they can be best used. There are chapters on essential topics such as lesson planning, lesson presentation skills, questioning, affective communication, and class organization. There is also a chapter on classroom observation techniques which provide a means of recording and analyzing specific teaching events in full-size classes, where isolated events, though difficult to distinguish, can sometimes hold the key to solving specific teaching problems. Exercises are included in each chapter to provide practice in skill application. (JD)