Data gathered under various statewide testing programs in South Carolina were used to assess the effects of PET (data base) training for teachers on student achievement. Reading and mathematics achievement data for students in grades 1 through 4 in South Carolina were compared for teachers who had received PET training and those who did not. A…

Since classroom teachers may ask school psychologists and principals for suggestions on handling classroom behaviors, the classroom management approach of these two groups is important. To determine whether teachers, school psychologists and principals respond differently to the aggressive, dependent, and academic behaviors of elementary age…

A practice-teaching program directly related to a physics course for future elementary school teachers has been developed at the University of Washington. Described are some of the activities and the benefit of the activities to both the prospective teachers and the physics department. (RH)

Using a sample of 115 second-and third-grade teachers with five or more consecutive years of experience it was shown that teachers do affect student learning to a degree that is practically and statistically significant. Teacher effects were especially robust in the data from Title I schools serving disadvantaged populations. (Author/RC)

Argues that teachers in preservice courses need to examine their affective readiness for classroom learning. (RB)

The continuing education characteristics, operational model, and preliminary results of the University of Bridgeport's Multiple Alternatives Program (MAP) are considered. MAP is an individualized, competency-based program for the inservice education of elementary teachers consisting of four related aspects: assessment, planning, training, and…

Based on PhD dissertation, University of Floida, 1967.

A CATALOG HAS BEEN PREPARED TO HELP TEACHERS SELECT AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS WHICH MIGHT BE HELPFUL IN ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS. INCLUDED ARE FILMSTRIPS, SLIDES, RECORDS, STUDY PRINTS, FILMS, TAPE RECORDINGS, AND SCIENCE EQUIPMENT. TEACHERS ARE REMINDED THAT THEY ARE NOT LIMITED TO USE OF THE SUGGESTED MATERIALS. APPROPRIATE GRADE LEVELS HAVE BEEN…

This research determined how the complex classroom ecology of differentiated (especially individualized) instruction affects (1) the ways teachers communicate knowledge about work procedures, deviance boundaries, and work values; and (2) teachers' perceptions of student orientation to such knowledge. Findings from a survey of 237 elementary school…

As part of the instrumentation to assess the effectiveness of the Schools Without Failure (SEF) program in 10 elementary schools in the New Castle, Pa. School District, the Satisfaction with Teaching Questionnaire was used. In a study by its developers this scale discriminated between students choosing to be teachers and those choosing other…

As part of the instrumentation to assess the effectiveness of the Schools Without Failure (SWF) program in 10 elementary schools in the New Castle, Pa. School District, the Philosophy of Glasser Questionnaire was developed. This 15-item scale measuring attitudes toward the philosophy of William Glasser had a coefficient alpha reliability of .77…

This paper provides data on the cost of educating undergraduate elementary education students enrolled in the University of Georgia College of Education in 1967-68. Introductory sections describe review of the literature and procedures for determining unit cost through cost allocation based on the earned quarter hour of credit. Data, presented in…

Theoretical considerations suggest that the differential effectiveness of teaching models and associated feedback procedures stems from their distinctive cueing properties. This led to the development of three treatment conditions which may be labeled "rating" (rehearsal of key discriminations), "observation" vicarious reinforcement), and "direct…

Reported is a study in which three-hundred elementary school teacher candidates at a metropolitan teacher's college were given a science competency test and a science attitude scale. Scores on these instruments were related to student characteristics, including their educational background, and a measure of their self-perception of the adequacy of…

Analyzed were the effectiveness of three types of attitude change techniques for changing the attitude of prospective elementary school teachers toward science. A sample of 219 prospective elementary teachers was administered a pretest to measure selected aspects of attitudes toward science. The subjects were assigned to one of four treatment…