Teachers and Teaching

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Jan 1, 1988

Assessing Teacher Supply and Demand

This report presents an analysis of factors that affect the supply of and demand for elementary and secondary school teachers.

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Jan 1, 1987

The Qualifications of Teachers in American High Schools

Describes the formal qualifications of the teachers currently teaching in America's public high schools and attempts to determine whether those qualifications vary appreciably among schools with different characteristics.

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Jan 1, 1987

Toward a tutoring model

Drawing on sessions where three expert tutors were teaching algebra, this paper presents a model for examining the array of tutoring actions and reactions. The model is designed to provide a structure for examining some elements of the teaching proce...

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Jan 1, 1987

Effective Teacher Selection: From Recruitment to Retention

Growing enrollments, pending retirements, and educational reform initiatives have given rise to an increasing demand for teachers in the nation's public schools, while the supply of teachers has been declining.

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Jan 1, 1987

Licensing Teachers: Design for a Teaching Profession

Although it is relatively easy to assess basic skills and academic knowledge, evaluating teaching skills is far more complex and less well understood. This report presents a new approach to appraising teacher performance.

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Jan 1, 1986

Who Will Teach? Historical Perspectives on the Changing Appeal of Teaching as a Profession

Examines the desirability of teaching as a career, from a historical perspective. Focusing on the profession's economic reward structure and social composition, the study attempts to guide future case-study research.

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Jan 1, 1986

Evaluating Student Outcomes from Telecourse Instruction: A Feasibility Study

Telecourses provide instruction primarily to diverse populations of students off campus, most notably through television, but via other media as well.

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Jan 1, 1986

Teachers as role models: Are there gender differences in microcomputer-based mathematics and science instruction?

This paper examines whether male and female teachers differ in (1) their background or training for instructional uses of microcomputers and (2) their uses of microcomputers to teach mathematics and science. Research carried out in 60 classrooms, 49 ...

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Jan 1, 1985

District and School Incentives for Teachers' Instructional Uses of Microcomputers

This paper considers the role that different types of incentives and forms of support play in influencing how microcomputers are used for classroom instruction. (A companion paper, P-7087, considers how to encourage staff development.)

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Jun 1, 1984

Case Studies for Teacher Evaluation: A Study of Effective Practices

Presents in detail case studies of four effective teacher evaluation systems: Salt Lake City, Utah; Lake Washington, Washington; Greenwich, Connecticut; and Toledo, Ohio.

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Jan 1, 1984

Successful Teachers' Patterns of Microcomputer-Based Mathematics and Science Instruction

This study empirically documents instructional practice with microcomputers early in the history of the technology's implementation in public schools.

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Jan 1, 1984

Teacher and Principal Survey Results in the National Preventive Dentistry Demonstration Program

Three questionnaire surveys were conducted with teachers and principals in the National Preventive Dentistry Demonstration Program.

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Assessing Teacher Supply and Demand

The Qualifications of Teachers in American High Schools

Toward a tutoring model

Effective Teacher Selection: From Recruitment to Retention

Licensing Teachers: Design for a Teaching Profession

Who Will Teach? Historical Perspectives on the Changing Appeal of Teaching as a Profession

Evaluating Student Outcomes from Telecourse Instruction: A Feasibility Study

Teachers as role models: Are there gender differences in microcomputer-based mathematics and science instruction?

District and School Incentives for Teachers' Instructional Uses of Microcomputers

Case Studies for Teacher Evaluation: A Study of Effective Practices

Successful Teachers' Patterns of Microcomputer-Based Mathematics and Science Instruction

Teacher and Principal Survey Results in the National Preventive Dentistry Demonstration Program

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