Persons interested in examining and improving instruction in the schools have long been aware of the need for more objective techniques to examine instructional processes. Flanders Interaction Analysis Categories provide an objective technique appropriate for studying the verbal, student-teacher interaction in classrooms; it can be applied in…

The article presents some arguments for using behavior classification systems, defines the categories and behaviors relevant to vocational education learning situations, gives detailed instructions of coding procedures, and describes rating scales. (Author/BP)