The purpose of this study was to evaluate the 1972 biology inservice summer institute programs conducted in five Regional Science Teaching Centers (RSTC) in the Philippines. Investigated were: (1) the effect of summer institute programs, using the biology curriculum material adapted for the Philippine high schools (Green version BSCS) on teachers'…

Perceptions of community college faculty and administrators concerning faculty development needs, and of faculty incentive systems, institutional climate, and institutional values as they relate to faculty development, were compared in this study. A Faculty Development Inventory was mailed to a random sample of 75 administrators and 150 faculty at…

This study attempted to assess whether a teacher inservice program would effect a change in teacher attitude and in the amount of time reading was taught in social studies and science content areas. A total of 22 teachers representing kindergarten through fifth-grade levels voluntarily participated in five inservice sessions; 22 teachers in a…

This report is based on 144 questionnaires sent to past participants of the nine National Science Foundation Academic Year Institutes (AYI) for Junior High School Teachers of Mathematics held at San Jose State College, 1962-1970. The questionnaires, sent to each participant in May of the year following completion of their institute, lists 25…

The purpose of this practicum is to improve the reading and mathematics achievement of pupils in grades 3, 4, and 5 in the Hartford, Connecticut, public school system by retraining teachers in techniques that include diagnosis and prescription of learning needs. A one-week training workshop for teachers was held, which emphasized open education…

This study examines the effect of teacher inservice training and knowledge of research upon teacher perceptions of spelling procedures and practices, and upon the spelling achievement of students. Involved in the study were 70 fourth, fifth, and sixth grade teachers in twelve elementary schools in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and their 1493 students. Among…

This study investigated the influence of content area responsibility, amount of teaching experience, instructional level, and training in the teaching of reading on teachers' attitudes and perceptions of competency in content area reading instruction, and attempted to determine whether a relationship existed between these attitudes and perceptions…

The effects of a model resource program on the reading skills of handicapped children were assessed in comparisons between handicapped students who participated in the model program and similar students who participated in the resource center program before the model was implemented. Reading skills were assessed at the beginning and end of the…

This study describes a program designed to increase student academic performance through the use of reading strategies. The targeted population consists of third and fourth grade students in three separate communities located in northern Illinois. All three communities are part of one major metropolitan area, and the status of family income ranges…

The purposes of this study were: (1) to synthesize the input from available professional resources, to develop original instructional modules for use in inservice teacher education in three areas identified by the International Reading Association: interaction with parents and community, school and classroom organization for individualized…

This study was concerned with the development, implementation and assessment of an in-service program for teaching fellows in the chemistry department at The University of Michigan. The in-service program focused on the interpersonal aspect of teaching. A total of fifteen teaching fellows were involved in different aspects of the program, with…

Teachers were asked to evaluate their competency to teach reading and to report on preservice and inservice programs in reading instruction. Since 1962, preservice programs have shifted from course-approved to competency-based teacher education. According to the teachers surveyed, college and university courses in reading were superior to other…

The perceived staff development needs and preferences of teachers in selected middle and junior high schools involved in individualized schooling were the topics of this research. Inservice education strategies preferred by teachers and principals were identified and functional and dysfunctional aspects of programs analyzed. A field study…

Reported are the results of a project which focused on staff development in five elementary schools to improve services to children with special problems. Focused on are the efforts of the five principals to develop, implement, and evaluate the staff development approach. Chapters are given to the following aspects: characteristics of the…

The purposes of this study were to: (1) design a usable and valid modern verbal interaction analysis instrument and (2) to explore the verbalization taking place in selected ninth-grade physical science classrooms by utilizing the Modern Science Interaction Instrument (MSII). Two groups of ninth-grade physical science teachers participated. One of…