Whether the advantages of video-tape outweigh the initial obvious difficulties depends on one's basic attitudes to teacher training. Video-tape can serve the demonstration and practice aspects of the methods course in unique ways by providing the language teacher with an "invaluable" means to (1) observe and analyze the teaching of others and (2)…

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…

A pretest-posttest control group design was used with 20 second- and third-grade teachers to answer questions related to the effectiveness of microteaching as a teacher training procedure. The group was divided into two experimental groups by random assignment. One group of 10 received microteaching training in a specific teaching skill. The other…

This paper provides information on the cost of the research underlying the Minicourse model as compared with the development cost of the Minicourse packages. It also estimates the cost that would be involved in achieving 30 percent implementation of Minicourses by elementary and secondary school teachers in the United States. Research costs are…

The goals listed for this second component (of six) of the Instructional Staff Development (ISD) program include introduction to interaction analysis, practice in microteaching, and improvement of individual inquiry behavior. This trainer's manual is plotted concept-by-concept, objective-by-objective, with appropriate charts and tables. The manual…

Reports a study utilizing self evaluation of videotaped teaching session by preservice secondary science teachers, on a ten point teaching strategy scale, from expository/direct to inductive/indirect, to assess the effects of microteaching and strategy analysis. Results indicate that systematic self analysis has a significant influence on teaching…

Describes microteaching/videotaping experiences of university students in an elementary school social methods course. Topics discussed include literature on microteaching as a teacher training device, videotapes in lesson analysis, possible microteaching lessons, planning and taping a lesson, viewing and critiquing the tape, and benefits and…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of microteaching in developing the actual classroom use of twelve questionning skills when used immediately prior to a student teaching experience. (Author)

Discusses the rationale for minicourses and microteaching and the value of their use in methods courses to help prospective teachers acquire competence in basic teaching skills. (RB)

The minicourse Individualizing Instruction in Mathematics" by the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development is described. (RS)

Prospective secondary mathematics teachers lack images of "reformed" teaching that engage students in experimenting, analyzing, conjecturing, justifying, and making connections. The development and investigation of experiences fostering reform-oriented teaching are needed. This study investigated microteaching lesson study (MLS), an experience…

The use of television, videotape and film in microteaching is discussed. These and other developments in modern technology can be most useful in teacher education if combined with new integrated training systems. (Text is in French.) (AM)