In this paper we explore the value of theoretical triangulation as a methodological approach for the analysis of classroom interaction. We analyze an excerpt of a whole-class discussion in history from three theoretical perspectives: interactivity of the discourse, conceptual level raising and historical reasoning. We conclude that using…

Much pedagogic research undertaken in geography and other disciplines relies on post-hoc methods such as surveys or interviews to investigate the student experience of higher education (often based on self-reports of behaviour). However, observation of students provides a far more direct route to obtain information about their behaviour, and there…

The Instrument for Analysis of Science Teaching (IAST) was developed as a 26-category system of interaction analysis. Following conceptualization and several research studies, the IAST was redeveloped with 14 basic categories (IAST Base) and an expanded 32-categories version (LAST v.2) which is based on subdividing the IAST Base categories. In…

The author presents a methodological perspective on school and the educational process, viewing it as a dialectical phenomenon affecting both the institution and its participants, and uses the concept of "work" to illustrate the use of this perspective in educational research and evaluation. (MJB)

Describes a method with data analyzed from two lessons on the quantitative assessment of content structure in classroom dialogue. Kinetic structure analysis was used and the fundamental coefficient of structure was calculated for each lesson. The method should provide new directions for looking at verbal interaction in classrooms. (PS)

Many academics do not view community engagement as a priority in their work. Yet, in an increasingly competitive funding environment, there is evidence that many benefits arise from the creation of university-community partnerships. This paper describes a study that documents the experience of seven academics successfully establishing community…

Reported is an observational analysis process termed "macroanalysis" which involves the analysis of interactive dialogue in chains or sequences of coded behavior rather than in terms of conventional matrices and ratios. All existing 3-, 4-, and 5-tally chains are extracted directly from an observer's coded tallies. This paper includes a…

The Automatic Interaction Detector (AID 3) is used in a search for interaction effects between absence from school and location from school, school size, location of home, age, sex, position in family and socio-economic status among a national sample of Irish primary school children. (Editor)

This publication attempts to summarize and paraphrase the views expressed by participants in a conference on organizational processes in education. Purpose of the conference was to recommend areas of basic field research in education that emphasize both traditional ethnographic procedures and the use and development of more controlled methods for…

This report discusses the importance of research on the ways in which educational institutions develop and adapt to their environments and examines three different approaches for conducting such research. Most of the report is organized into three major sections, each of which focuses on a different method of organizing and structuring research on…

Examines whether the use of a particular unit of interaction behavior enhances reliability in interaction analysis research. (Author)

Recent research on the topic of effective teaching is reviewed in this article, with emphasis given to teacher behavior, research methodology, and directions for future research. (DS)

Delivered at the conference of the American School Health Association, November 9, 1968.

Two models for research on teacher thinking are discussed: the decision-making model and the information-processing model. Research on teaching guided by the decision-making model focuses upon explaining and understanding deliberate teacher activity and is deemed more appropriate for situations in which the teacher has sufficient time and…