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Schenk, Matthew D. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The United States is facing an unprecedented teacher shortage. With many studies estimating that 17-33% of teachers leave the profession within their first five years of starting a career, something needs to change to keep new teachers in the classroom. This study evaluates the effectiveness of peer observation as a learning tool to supplement the…
Descriptors: Observation, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Peer Evaluation
Gold, Lisa Danielle – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to test the effects of a peer-yoked contingency on the induction of observational performance, observational acquisition, and the Naming capability. In Experiment I, three male kindergarten and first grade students diagnosed with disabilities were selected as target participants because they had the listener component…
Descriptors: Observation, Naming, Kindergarten, Grade 1
Story, Colleen D. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to evaluate learning by older adults living in nursing homes through observational learning based on Bandura's (1977) social learning theory. This quantitative study investigated if older adults could learn through observation. The nursing homes in the study were located in the midwestern United States. The…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Observation, Rating Scales, Nursing Homes