The provision of feedback to students is an important aspect of teaching and learning processes. It is often a necessary requirement for the stimulation of self-reflection. This paper describes the use of video-enabled, web-based computer-mediated communication (CMC) for the provision of feedback to pre-service, trainee teachers who were involved…

One hundred and forty-eight student teachers from Israel Institute of Technology were subjects of an experiment investigating effectiveness of microteaching alone as compared with a category observation system as a training method, and interaction between the two when combined. Thirty-two subjects were assigned at random to each of the four cells…

The problem of improving university teaching is reviewed and is seen as part of the process of re-education and change. A teaching laboratory is proposed including provision for feedback mechanism, self-confrontation processes, simulation, and microteaching. Case studies of the use of microteaching and video recording are reported. (Editor/JT)

This is the sixth study in a project designed to find more effective and efficient ways of using micro-teaching and video recording in programs of vocational teacher education. In this field test of the feasibility and potential applicability of four related feedback and analysis techniques used in an inservice teacher education program for…

Preparing for simulated microteaching lessons is a traumatic experience at best. In trying to make the experience both more valuable and less generative of negative feelings, a peer critiqueing component was added to the evaluation process in this program. After teaching three simulations, the mean of the attitude toward microteaching and the…

An application of the principles of microteaching to the evaluation of behaviors of speech clinicians under varying feedback conditions. (CH)

To extend previous research findings on the effectiveness of microteaching techniques, all 40 candidates in the 1967 San Jose State College summer elementary intern teaching program were randomly divided into 2 groups. Both groups had the same program except that 1 participated in an off-campus observation and teaching program; the other…

This paper presents a training model, Skill Development in Teaching (SKIT), designed for use in improvement programs for inservice teachers and in teacher education programs for preservice trainees. An introductory section notes the early use of Flanders' interaction analysis as a feedback tool for teachers, outlines a 1962 model in which it was…

The Social Science Observation Record is a systematic observation system. When used to provide feedback to preservice social studies teachers participating in a teach-reteach microteaching sequence, subjects obtained a significant increase in value-oriented student behavior. When used to analyze printed transcripts of mathematics teachers,…

Presented in this report are the results of the feasibility testing of selected micro-teaching and video recording feedback techniques in a laboratory setting designed to simulate vocational teacher education. Volunteer teachers were selected and randomly assigned to three treatment groups in a repeated measurement design to compare the relative…

A review of recent research on teacher education yields seven strategies characteristic of effective teachers. (MJB)

THE STANFORD SCHOOL OF EDUCATION HAS BEEN USING PORTABLE VIDEO TAPE RECORDING SYSTEMS FOR A VARIETY OF NEW INSTRUCTIONAL AND RESEARCH PURPOSES. DURING PRESERVICE TRAINING, TEACHER-INTERNS USE SPECIFIC SKILLS TO GIVE SHORT LESSONS WHICH ARE VIDEOTAPED AND REVIEWED IMMEDIATELY WITH A SUPERVISOR. TEACHER-INTERNS ARE LATER VIDEOTAPED UNOBTRUSIVELY IN…

One hundred and forty secondary teacher candidates who were enrolled in a first course in teaching were the subjects of a seven-week study to determine the effects of microteaching in a Teaching Laboratory (TL) on verbal behaviors. All students taught a 10-minute pretest prior to the start of the study and then were divided into two groups. Group…

This study found no significant difference in student achievement as a result of change in identified teacher behaviors in an American History course. The behaviors were those identified in the Stanford Teacher Competence Appraisal Guide. Behavior change was effected through the use of a microteaching teach-reteach cycle with feedback from…

Teacher education programs must provide experiences that promote learner growth and achievement. A study involving 28 physical education majors examined the use of microteaching as a means of affecting feedback behaviors of preservice teachers. Results are discussed. (DF)