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Erickson, Frederick – 1979
The author argues here that progress toward greater validity in description through increasingly specifiable standards for quality control is crucial for the advancement of theory as well as for the improvement of method in descriptive studies of classroom life. Some standards for judging the validity of descriptions of classroom action are…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Communication Skills, Feasibility Studies
Gentry, Barbara – 1983
A code to systematically observe preschool settings in which handicapped children were placed was designed to determine the types of interaction and play behavior that occurs in these settings. The code records the following information: play area the child is in, how many children are in the same area, the play behavior the child is undertaking,…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disabilities, Interaction Process Analysis, Mainstreaming

Rath, Alex; Brown, David E. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1995
Presents a human-computer interaction (HCI) conceptions model designed to help in the understanding of the cognitive processes involved when college students learn to program computers. Examines syntactic and algorithmic HCI operational errors and reviews conceptions based on natural language reasoning, independent computer reasoning, and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Computers, Designers
Stillman, Robert; Battle, Christy – 1987
Interactions between teachers and multiply disabled students were videotaped, and procedures were developed to analyze the interactions, in order to assist the teachers in evaluating the relationship between their own and their student's communicative behavior. Coding categories were prepared to identify characteristics of the student's…
Descriptors: Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Communication, Multiple Disabilities, Nonverbal Communication
Foreman, Phil; Arthur-Kelly, Michael; Pascoe, Sue; King, Brian Smyth – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2004
An increasing amount of research attention is being directed toward the educational experiences of students with profound and multiple disabilities. One technique that has allowed a better understanding of alertness and involvement in members of this population is behavior state assessment. In this study, eight matched pairs of school-aged…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Educational Experience, Multiple Disabilities, Severe Disabilities

Garthe, William; McDonald, Maureen; Poremba, Kelly; Schmidt, Colleen; Summers, Paula – 1998
This action research project evaluated a program to reduce inappropriate behavior and maximize prosocial skills. The program involved development and implementation of cooperative learning, weekly prosocial lessons, a conflict resolution program, and a community service project. The target population consisted of 240 seventh and eighth grade…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Conflict Resolution, Grade 7