This report contains a description of the current elementary teacher education program at Shaw University; a brief summary of each of the nine U.S. Office of Education models for elementary teacher education programs; review and synthesis of concepts in the three models (Florida State, Georgia, and Massachusetts) most applicable in redeveloping…

This document contains curriculum outlines and preliminary evaluation of the 4-week summer preservice Teacher Aide Workship to train 40 paraprofessionals to serve as classroom assistants, clerical assistants, or specialists (e.g., aides to work with speech handicapped) in elementary and secondary schools. Course objectives and content outlines are…

Interviews with 26 regular education teachers regarding their perceptions of modifications made for mainstreamed mildly handicapped students indicated that teachers made more typical modifications (i.e., in format and procedures) than substantial modifications (e.g., of difficulty level) modifications. (Author/KM)

Twenty-eight elementary education teachers were asked to classify competencies and skills for dealing with behavior problems into three categories: those not addressed in their training program, those addressed minimally, and those addressed adequately. (SBH)

A survey of the perceived competencies and needs of elementary and special education teachers revealed that keeping order in the classroom and developing students' social skills were areas in which the teachers' need for competency was higher than their proficiency. (Editor)

Prior research in both education and cognitive science has identified analogy making as a powerful tool for explanation as well as a fundamental mechanism for facilitating an individual's construction of knowledge. While a considerable body of research exists focusing on the role analogy plays in learning science concepts, relatively little is…

Research supports teacher preparation programs to recognize stress factors and to assist students and new teachers with effective coping mechanisms. Twenty-five to fifty percent of beginning teachers resign during their first three years of teaching (Fleener, 2001; Roulston, Legette, & Womack, 2005). Among all the causes, stress from teaching is…

Showed that integrated science process skill achievement of prospective elementary teachers can be significantly improved by studying self-instructional materials providing instruction in these skills. (MLH)

Research supported by U.S. Office of Education, Contract OEC-0-089024-3311 (010). A related article: AA 502 049.

Minicourse, "Effective Teaching," a program of skills development, was designed to aid inservice training of elementary teachers. Fifty-two teachers in 13 widely distributed New York schools participated in the program on a voluntary basis. Thirteen Minicourse sessions were completed according to a timetable. Each instructional sequence required 1…

The effects of cueing procedures in modeling and in feedback treatments on the acquisition of teacher questioning behavior were investigated in order to determine if, as hypothesized, providing cues from a supervisor on the desired behavior during modeling and feedback treatments would increase the frequency of a teacher's use of higher-order…

The intent of this study was to determine if any relationship existed between teacher effectiveness, based on selected criteria generally accepted by educators to denote effectiveness, and National Teacher Examination, Teaching Area Examinations (TAE) and Weighter Common Examination Total (WCET) scores. Teacher effectiveness was determined by the…

In an effort to bridge the gap between theory and practice, the Education Department of the College of Steubenville initiated the Early Experience Program to operate in conjunction with the required course of study for all full-time elementary education majors. The program places freshman through senior students in the classrooms of schools…

This is the second part of a report on the elementary teacher education program at Shaw University. It contains a description of the current program for elementary education majors, a review of six models for elementary teacher education, a review and synthesis of three models most applicable to Shaw University proposed changes in the…