The Interaction Sequence Graph records the occurrence of events according to Flanders' 10 categories of verbal interaction, the duration of each behavioral event, and the relationship of each event to those which precede and follow it. Data obtained by observing classroom teaching are analyzed and converted from a long series of numbers to a…

Three secondary school teachers (A, B, and C) participated in a study to determine if teachers use a repeating pattern of verbal instructional techniques and if there are common instructional patterns among teachers. Sixteen observation records of interaction sequences for each teacher showed that teacher A exhibited the most complex system of…

The study was designed to determine whether interaction verbal behavior patterns during student teaching changed or were modified significantly after two years of independent classroom experience. Those teachers who were less flexible during student teaching shifted to a more flexible style during independent classroom teaching. (Author)

Interaction Analysis for Vocational Education (IAVE) expands the Flanders Internaction Analysis System (FIAS) by adding three new categories: (5A) Demonstrations, (7A) Correction, and (8A) Practice which enable vocational teachers to accurately analyze the interaction in the vocational laboratory even during lessons involving psychomotor…

To test the validity of a previous study conducted under simulated teaching conditions (which found that openminded teachers use indirect influence more than closedminded teachers), it was hypothesized that the need to maintain classroom control influences the behavior of teachers under actual teaching conditions. Thirty-four high and low scorers…

Analysis of verbal interaction between student business teachers and their students provides basis for improving instruction. (MF)

This study compared differences in the classroom verbal behavior of 30 teachers in East Texas who taught both adult basic education (ABE) and public school classes. Each teacher was observed, by means of Flanders' System of Interaction Analysis, for 30 minutes in each teaching situation. Amounts of teacher talk and student talk were determined, as…

A stratified random sample of 84 student teachers in secondary school academic subject areas was distributed into four treatment groups according to a trichotomization of their scores on the Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory (MTAI). Each student teacher taught two 20-minute lessons with the same content to different classes of five pupils. On…