The Elementary Education Department at East Carolina University, in cooperation with the public schools in the area, has developed a program that involves videotaping approximately 60 student teachers located throughout eastern North Carolina. The taping was made possible through close coordination of university supervisors, public school…

This study investigated the observable changes, if any, of 58 elementary education student teachers following completion of field experience programs. Behavior rating forms were completed by the prospective kindergarten to sixth grade teachers, the public school cooperating teachers, the university supervisors, and a control group of 35 non-field…

The purpose of this study was to determine the degree and type of differences in teaching competencies between a group of experienced teachers and interns on four dimensions: 1) ability to effect gains in achievement of pupils in mini-lessons with specific behavioral objectives, 2) the quality of the teaching process in teaching the mini-lessons,…

The Elementary Education Program at Capitol Campus provides a 2-year upper division curriculum designed to prepare teachers for inner-city classrooms. Students in the program are expected to develop approaches to teaching which are flexible, individualized, reality-oriented, and child-centered. The major emphasis is on the junior-year…

Studied were attitudes of 54 fourth and fifth-grade teachers from 21 New York and Pennsylvania pilot schools prior to an initial summer workshop on Science-A Process Approach (AAAS) prior to installation of the AAAS during the 1969-70 school year. A questionnaire was mailed to each teacher. Data and conclusions were reported with regard to…

This exercise simulates the process of planning for inservice training. It compresses what would typically involve many weeks and interaction with large numbers of people into a 10-hour exercise. The simulation requires that a planning group of 10 members formulates a plan for the 65 staff members of an elementary school, given the constraints of…

A change that has taken place in the methodology of teaching science--a change from teaching to impart specific information to teaching students how to process the information of their experiences--has led to questioning whether a relationship exists between selected teacher characteristics and success in teaching such a curriculum. Factors of…

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a positively-oriented instructional program in developing a positive attitude toward environmental problems in selected preservice elementary teachers. In order to more accurately discern factors involved in attitude change the number of subjects was limited to three and a descriptive…

The purpose was to define and determine the influence which different perceptions of mathematics held by elementary teachers may have on student computational ability, comprehension of mathematical concepts, and attitudes, at grade levels three and six. The perception factor was contrasted in the design with teacher attitude toward mathematics.…

Data for this report came from a survey taken in 1971 of an unspecified number of colleges. Information is compiled on preparation and experience of staff, curriculum development, mathematics content covered, instructional methods and materials used, and outstanding features and needs of the various mathematics programs for elementary education…

The Teaching Situation Reaction Test (TSRT), a measure of secondary school teachers' effectiveness, was adapted to the intermediate elementary grades. The TSRT (Elementary Form) was administered to 210 volunteer teachers in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades in Dayton, Ohio during January 1969. Two groups of teachers were formed for in-depth…

This book is an extension of the 1966 film/text series (ED 018 276) from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and was written to accompany 12 new teacher-education films. It is strong enough, however, to also serve alone as a text for elementary school teachers for the study of rational numbers. The 12 chapters corresponsing to the…

This publication for methods instructors contains articles dealing with science education in elementary schools. Titles of articles appearing in this issue are: Undergraduate Independent Studies in Elementary School Science, A Concern About the Teaching of Science in the Elementary School, A Random Sampling of Graduate Students' Critiques of a…

This research examined teacher behavior as a primary source of data collection and analysis for study of teacher failure. The results of two studies using the teacher-perceived problems procedure developed by Donald R. Cruickshank are reported. Study I surveyed 120 experienced elementary teachers enrolled in a master's program; Study II involved a…

A study of 57 certified teachers was undertaken in order to determine the individual teacher's ability to correctly judge oral reading performance. (PHR)