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Couch, Richard W. – 1986
Precision teaching (PT) is an approach to the science of human behavior that focuses on precise monitoring of carefully defined behaviors in an attempt to construct an environmental analysis of that behavior and its controlling variables. A variety of subjects have been used with PT, ranging in academic objectives from beginning reading to college…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Observation Techniques, Experience Charts
Peer reviewedAtwater, Jane B.; Morris, Edward K. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1988
The study presents a methodology for collecting detailed naturalistic data on preschool teachers' instructions and children's compliance as well as a descriptive analysis of variables related to instruction rate and compliance probability. The study also illustrates the effects of context on teacher and child behavior. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Classroom Observation Techniques, Compliance (Psychology)
Download full textOlson, John K. – 1988
A "thick" description of teaching is referred to as the uncovering of the meaning of what is being said or done by knowing the structure in which it is said or done. In this ethnographic study of teachers' experiences with microcomputers in their classrooms, George Kelly's (1955) personal construct theory was used to develop a clinical interview…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques
Weinberg, Gary L. – 1976
The purpose of this study was to demonstrate that specific in-class behaviors of classroom teachers could be modified by training. Focused on were these four behaviors: (a) positive reinforcement (PR), (b) negative reinforcement (NR), (c) amount of time the teacher talks as a percentage of all talk in class, and (d) encouragement of…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques
Miley, Alan – 1974
This report describes classroom observation techniques used to record the behavior of educational specialists (teachers) and students in a kindergarten and a first grade classroom of the Kamehameha Early Education Program (KEEP). Classroom behavior was observed and recorded daily during the 1973-1974 school year. Each student was observed three…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Observation Techniques, Contingency Management
Peer reviewedGreenwood, Charles R.; Carta, Judith J. – Focus on Exceptional Children, 1987
The ecobehavioral approach to assessment of instructional outcomes is based on observational methods and behavioral research design. A practical observational system for use in examining the percentage of time in which a student uses various tasks and materials during a specific instructional activity is described and illustrated in detail.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales
Peer reviewedHansen, Jane; Graves, Donald – Reading Teacher, 1986
Describes a study of reading and writing instruction at the elementary level and explains how teachers learned new ways to support each other, how the teachers' role changed as they encouraged their students' diverse interests, and how the teacher/learner roles changed. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Communication, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedHorm-Wingerd, Diane M. – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 1992
Discusses the narrative report, which is an alternative to the traditional report card for reporting children's development and progress to parents. Examples of entries in a narrative report are included. (BB)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Observation Techniques, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Evaluation Criteria
Spaulding, Robert L. – 1983
An overview is presented of classroom observation instruments which have been created and refined since 1962. The components of teacher-pupil transactions measured by different observation methods are listed, and the complexities and difficulties encountered when using the instruments are discussed. A description is given of the Coping Analysis…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Beginning Teachers, Behavior Patterns, Classroom Environment
Dyson, Anne Haas – 1984
Using data collected from kindergarten and second grade children in a study of young children's concepts about writing as reflected in their school writing behaviors, this report focuses on information gathered from second grade children. The introductory chapter restates the research questions guiding the study and briefly reviews the major…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, Classroom Environment
