This study investigated the influence of teacher characteristics, attitude, and knowledge on their classroom behaviors. Data were collected on 30 secondary teachers while all were instructing a physical activity. Results indicated that teacher attitudes, combined with selected characteristics, were significantly associated with teacher behavior.…

A process-product study examined the relationship between the percentage of teacher time on task and the percentage of teacher-centered instruction and the achievement of seventh- and eighth-grade students. (JN)

Friendship choices were found to be distributed more evenly in classrooms where greater student interaction is permitted. (JD)

Grade level and sex of student are important variables determining teacher attitudes and responses. (JD)

The results of this study indicate that analysis of teachers' verbal behavior according to specific purposes reveals differences that are masked when the purpose is disregarded. (JD)

This study investigated the within-classroom uniformity of elementary students' perceptions of teachers' differential behavior, examining students at different achievement levels. Surveys indicated that achievement groups differed in perceptions of learning climate, negative reactions to teachers, and perceptions of teachers' differential behavior…

In this study, Australian student teachers responded to four questions concerning the criteria they used in evaluating their own individual lessons and themselves as teachers. The most frequently mentioned criteria involved perceived responses by students, personal internal reactions, and evaluative reactions of others. Criteria varied according…

This study examined teaching practices in four suburban high school advanced placement (AP) American History classrooms using case study methodology. Results indicated that more effective teachers distributed and asked more questions, had higher engagement rates, had greater feedback on assignments, and had greater participation and success rates.…

Examined the impact of changes in public examinations on secondary school English teaching in Hong Kong, where major changes were introduced into the Certificate of Education Examination in English with the intention of creative positive washback effects on classroom teaching. Data from teacher observations and interviews showed few lived changes…

Investigated the relationships between teacher feedback and students' self-talk and self-concepts in mathematics and reading. Data collected from students in six rural Australian elementary schools indicated that self-talk (positive and negative) mediated between subject-specific teacher feedback (ability, effort, and negative) and academic…

Explored minority student teachers' initiations in a critical mass and an all-minority multicultural seminar. Participants' perceptions of their experiences in each seminar were examined through their written reflections and personal interviews. Interactions were more frequently initiated in the critical mass seminar, where minority students often…

Interviewed elementary school teachers of culturally diverse students to explore the relationship between life experience and pedagogy. Teachers' pivotal life experiences focused on teacher and student relationships. Teachers had fashioned their teaching styles and practices after their own backgrounds and had discovered the duality of personal…

Investigated whether manipulating the motivational climate of physical education lessons would influence third graders' goal orientations, exploring the influence of climate on goal orientations by gender. Students were randomized to one of two interventions (where they were taught identical content within task- or ego-involving climates) or a…

This study investigated the ways in which preservice teachers' (N=30) images of lessons changed as they received instruction and practice using particular models of teaching. Findings highlight how knowledge and experience contributed differentially to the shifts over time in the preservice teachers' observation of a lesson. (IAH)

Results are reported from a study which examined the two-year residual effects of the Stallings Effective Use of Time (EUOT) Program, an in-service program designed to produce significant changes in teachers' in-class behavior patterns. Ten teachers were observed again and interviewed to determine the extent to which they had maintained the…