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Wuellner, Lance H.; And Others – 1968
A new method for investigating the movement patterns of children has been developed. It uses a computer analysis and display procedure for reducing Cartesian coordinate position data to numerical and graphical statements about movement patterns. A time-lapse photographic system is used to obtain the position data for children during play. This…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Observation Techniques, Computer Programs, Display Systems
Wuellner, Lance – 1969
The effect of a high-opportunity (HO) versus a low-opportunity (LO) play environment on the aggression of preschool children was investigated, hypothesizing that the LO play environment will elicit significantly more aggression than the HO play environment. The two environments were presented randomly to one group of 10 4-year-olds, five of each…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Aggression, Behavior Patterns, Classroom Observation Techniques
Emmer, Edmund T.; Peck, Robert F. – 1971
Relationships among behaviors, defined within each of several observation systems, were determined and relationships across systems were examined to empirically derive dimensions of classroom behavior. These four observation systems were selected to include as broad a range of categories as possible: Fuller Affective Interaction Records (FAIR),…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Observation Techniques
Eder, Donna – 1982
Peer influence on students has been of interest to sociologists for some time. But most studies of elementary classroom interaction have focused primarily on teacher-student interaction. A study of peer influence on other group members was designed to explain why students assigned to low ability groups became inattentive more frequently than…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Attention Span, Behavior Patterns, Classroom Observation Techniques
Cunningham, Jo Lynn; Boger, Robert P. – 1971
The feasiblity of an observational rating scale which would provide objective, reliable and quantifiable measures of social and affective behavior was investigated. The Observation of Socialization Behavior (OSB), focusing on peer-group behavior of pre-school children and designed for use in unstructured situations was developed. Two forms of the…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Observation Techniques
Martikainen, Marja – 1972
Videotaped group work lessons of an elementary school third grade class provide material for study of the non-verbal aspect of group behavior. A system of activity categories is developed and a typology of pupils' working methods in group study distinguishes types and characteristic forms of activity. The following activity categories are used in…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Case Studies