A combination of strategies that stimulates and engages graduate students, who take classes at night, is the use of cases drawn from students' personal working experiences. Material from these cases plus stories from current newspapers joined with the techniques of role playing, inquiry instruction, and Socratic dialogue create stimulating…

This study investigated whether there was a significant relationship between the predominant teaching approach to which an individual had been exposed during school life and: (1) level of communication apprehension (CA); and (2) preferred teaching approach if the individual became a teacher. A sample of 61 student teachers in the middle of their…

Connects some of the author's classroom discoveries and reflections--made during 10 years of practitioner research--to educational literature. Explains transformations in a classroom which resulted when the teacher focused on "good things." Proposes that teachers make discoveries when they pay attention to details. Notes that teachers also make…

Investigates the effects of conveyance system design and social presence, in the form of teacher immediacy behavior, on perceived student learning and satisfaction in the televised classroom. Finds that system design and teacher immediacy behavior strongly impact student learning and satisfaction. (MG)

Describes a program that involved classroom instruction in advanced mathematics, a visit to the Mathematical Sciences section of Oak Ridge Laboratory, talks by faculty members on their interests, work with mentors on student research activities, and various recreational activities. Includes a list of projects and students participating. (RT)

Describes exercises designed to give students experience in using methods of naturalistic observation to quantify behavior. Students construct a coding system of the behaviors observed in a small mouse colony, gather data by instantaneous and focal animal sampling, and use the data to calculate interrater reliability and sequence analysis. (GEA)

Reports a study of the influence of prior experiences on traditional and nontraditional preservice teachers' personal constructs of teaching and pedagogical development. Results of anthropological, stimulated recall, and concept map think-aloud interviews revealed many categories of prior experiences that significantly influenced preservice…

Much college teaching reinforces the notion that the normative human experience is Eurocentric, resulting in students of other cultures feeling disconnected from what they learn. Examples from a women's studies course at a Black women's college illustrate teaching methods that have the potential for real student development. (MSE)

Students in an undergraduate political science course that integrated classroom instruction and community service (n=37) were significantly more likely than were those in traditional discussion sessions (n=52) to report that they had performed to their potentials, learned to apply principles, and developed a greater awareness of social problems.…

Describes how to motivate students to learn by having them teach back to the class what they have just learned from the teacher. Students break into small groups and brainstorm how to teach what has just been presented, then the teacher picks one group to teach back to the class. (SM)

The relationship between instruction that challenged students academically in a supportive social environment and achievement gains in mathematics and reading was studied for students in 53 third-grade classrooms served by Title I funds. Findings indicate that higher-order learning and material connected to out-of-school experience were seldom…

Compares the arrangements for secondary modern-languages teacher training in England and China that provides rich insights into a range of dilemmas surrounding the whole process of how teachers can be prepared to meet the challenges facing the profession in the 21st century. Investigates the teacher programs, assessment, pedagogic styles, and…

White and Hopi antiracist scholars and activists from working-class backgrounds, the authors write from a common heritage of claiming social origins the academy deems suspect. Refusing to abandon their social origins at the gate of the ivory tower, they name the colonial foundations of the academy and seek a new naming through their…

This descriptive study investigated the benefits and costs of using electronic portfolios (EPs) in preservice teacher education by examining the voices of students in six programs thought to be mature in their implementation. Benefits included opportunities to reflect, better access to and organization of professional documents, increased…

This fact sheet provides a national picture of the secondary school experiences of students with autism who received special education services under the auspices of school districts, by addressing the following questions: What is the pattern of course taking of secondary-school-age students with autism and in what settings are courses taken? What…