Ten elementary school teachers were observed twelve times throughout a single school year in order to investigate the ways in which teachers make decisions and eventually develop their distinctive individual teaching styles. In nearly all cases, the teachers used a materials-based recitation pattern of teaching characterized by high…

THE QUESTION OF THIS STUDY WAS WHETHER PREVIOUSLY FOUND RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INTELLIGENCE AND PROBLEM SOLVING WOULD HOLD UP EVEN THOUGH SEVERAL MODIFICATIONS HAD BEEN INTRODUCED INTO THE CRITERION INSTRUMENT. SAMPLES WERE DRAWN FROM BOTH PROFESSIONAL UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE COURSES CONCERNED WITH THE TEACHING OF ARITHMETIC AT INDIANA…

A THREE-CREDIT COURSE IN AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS AND METHODS CONSISTS OF 42 HALF-HOUR TELEVISED LESSONS, WITH CORRELATED READING AND WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS. THE COURSE IS DESIGNED FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS OF SOCIAL STUDIES, SCIENCE, AND LANGUAGE ARTS. THE LESSONS ARE BROADCAST FROM A LOCAL STATION. THIS STUDY GUIDE CONTAINS THE INFORMATION ON…

TO INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEACHER MORALE AND ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE, 299 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN SUBURBAN CHICAGO SCHOOLS WERE GIVEN (1) THE 50-ITEM CHANDLER-MATHIS ATTITUDE INVENTORY, WHICH MEASURES LEVEL OF MORALE WITH RESPECT TO SELF, SCHOOL, COMMUNITY, ADMINISTRATION, AND POLICY, AND (2) THE ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE…

A study was conducted to determine if training to increase teachers' observable level of enthusiasm had a subsequent effect on student achievement and attitudes toward the teacher and curriculum. Seventeen first-year elementary teachers were randomly assigned to either an enthusiasm training treatment or a no training treatment. Following the…

Personal observations suggest that conventional evaluation methods used in methods courses heighten rather than alleviate the insecurity of teachers who suffer from science anxiety. The primary purpose of this study was to explore the benefits of a graduate science methods course that used a nonthreatening evaluation method. This method consisted…

In an attempt to determine the actual knowledge of, implementation of, and interest in individualized instruction, a two-year survey was recently completed, involving 284 public school classroom teachers with a degree in either elementary or secondary education from an accredited college or university. The following three survey instruments,…

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 Opinionnaire on Attitudes Toward Education was used as a measure of teacher attitudes toward child-centered education, discipline, and the desirability of understanding pupils'…

This planning study analyzes both the characteristics and supply/demand of elementary school teachers in Ontario. By using statistical data from 1958-1972, the report shows trends in (a) sources of teacher supply, (b) mobility and retention of teachers, (c) special education and (d) effects and influence of neighboring areas on Ontario education.…

This report from the University of Mississippi determined the personal characteristics of prospective teachers by the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS) and compared these characteristics over a 4-year period. The freshman and senior year EPPS scores of 37 secondary education majors and 19 elementary education majors were statistically…

A major objective of the final evaluation (third year, 1969-70) of the Grand Forks, N.D., ESEA Title III project was to test the effects of aides groups not intimately connected with teaching through survey of parents' opinions and attitudes of student teachers in classes where aides served. In addition to this, the cost utility study was expanded…

This short summary presents an outline of major findings of the feasibility study and makes recommendations for future directions. The study attempted to determine whether the model is pedagogically, administratively, economically, and technically feasible, whether clients whom the program is designed to serve are satisfied with the model, and how…

The processes by which teachers communicate differential performance expectations to different children were investigated through an observational study of dyadic contacts between teachers and individual students in four first-grade classrooms. Teachers ranked children in the class in order of their achievement. Two observers using an interaction…

This study was undertaken by the Asian Institute for Teacher Educators at Quezon City in the Philippines to discover current practices in assessing students in training and to determine their suitability for teaching. A questionnaire was prepared to cover four main areas: course subjects, practical teaching, co-curricular activities, and personal…

This booklet has been written for elementary school teachers as an introductory survey of the real number system. The topics which are developed include the number line, infinite decimals, density, rational numbers, repeating decimals, irrational numbers, approximation, and operations on the real numbers. (RS)