For success in learning, it is highly important to know about how individuals think, how they develop thinking skills and the styles of their thinking. There are also situations where the thinking tendencies of each individual are different. These situations are also the types of thinking demonstrated by students while solving a problem. The…

The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between certain demographic factors and elementary school teachers' burnout. The sample consisted of 144 elementary school teachers (98 male and 76 women) selected through cluster random sampling. Data were collected by: (1) Personal Information Form developed by the researchers, and…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether teachers' sense of efficacy influences their attitude towards the use of physical punishment in schools. There were two groups of participants in the study: pre-service and in-service early childhood teachers. The sample was made up of 78 in-service teachers from two different school districts and…

This article reports on the development of the Mathematics Experiences and Conceptions Surveys (MECS), a pair of comprehensive instruments designed to measure elementary preservice teachers' dispositions, attitudes, and beliefs about mathematics teaching and learning. In addition to conceptions, MECS aims to capture elementary preservice teachers'…

The majority of research investigating children's lie-telling behavior has focused on lay people and legal professionals' abilities to detect deception. Fewer researchers have assessed educators' abilities to evaluate the veracity of children's reports of bullying. In this study, educators' abilities to detect true and false accounts of bullying…

The purpose of this research is to define the relationship between features of a learning organization in formal educational institutions in Turkey, specifically primary schools, and workplace bullying of teachers in these institutions. The scope and sampling group of the research are teachers in primary schools. Two different scales are used in…

The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between organizational health and the bullying that teachers experience in primary schools in Turkey. Two measurement instruments were used in this research. The Organizational Health Inventory (OHI-S), Hoy and Miskel, (1991) was used to measure organizational health. The Negative Acts…

The teaching of statistics at the elementary and secondary level is a relatively new expansion of the curriculum. Considering the many challenges faced by teachers of statistics in higher education, there is a continuing need to evaluate and monitor teaching and learning at this level. The purpose of this study was to survey elementary and…

This exploratory study sought to examine the perceptions of pre-service elementary school teachers about the purpose of schooling. Eighty students in a junior-level elementary education course at a medium-sized university in the southeastern United States were given a questionnaire to complete, asking for their perspectives on the priority of…

Sixty urban and 57 rural elementary school classrooms were observed to document the effects of rural versus urban locale, grade level, and subject matter taught on instructional quality. Teachers' verbal behaviors were grouped into 16 process-by-substance categories. Results showed that all three main effects were significant. (Author/MV)

Evidence is presented that current inservice programs designed to establish culturally pluralistic public education are not achieveing their goals. There is a need for long-range pedagogical commitments which are responsive to emerging socio-cultural forces favoring cultural pluralism. (CTM)

Mathematics anxiety was measured in 40 first-year elementary school teachers (grades 2-5) and compared to teaching outcomes. From classroom observations, it was found that those with higher anxiety planned less math and taught non-math content more often, but ratings of the teachers' instructional performance did not differ. (SLD)

This survey investigated the emphasis which accredited teacher education programs placed on three training areas: (1) attitudes toward education of students with disabilities; (2) knowledge of characteristics of exceptional children; and (3) knowledge of teaching and behavior management techniques. (JAZ)

Nominal group technique is a small group decision-making process for problem identification and resolution. Used with 55 elementary school teachers in a study funded by five National Education Association affiliates to identify significant job stressors, the method appears to be a meaningful way to involve teachers in defining their perceived…

The Primary Grade Pupil Report was administered to 162 kindergarten through second-grade students, who rated their teachers according to whether their teacher was like the statement or not. Results indicated that this was a reliable rating form for children of this age. The 12-item scale is included. (GDC)