This pilot study investigated the efficacy of a procedural research model for making and evaluating individual predictions concerning student teaching behavior in classrooms for emotionally disturbed children. The results of this investigation indicate that individual predictions concerning certain psychological variables could be made with significant predictive accuracy. This study was intended to be one link in a chain of studies designed to provide a larger informational base concerning teaching behavior and effectiveness.
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