A review of Analyzing Teaching Behavior," Addison-Wesley Press, 1970, by Ned A. Flanders. (DB)

The paper explicates the rationale underlying the coding system, describes the classroom interaction variables subsumed within it, and discusses the special research and consultative advantages offered by this system. (Author)

The interaction between one teacher and two severely subnormal children was observed. The teacher was sensitive to differences between the children and varied certain aspects of her teaching. However, these variations appeared to be a function of relatively static models of the children, not modified to particular tasks. (Author/SJL)

Behavioral measures indicated that nonparticipant observation increased the frequency, but not the appropriateness, of teacher-pupil interactions and did not affect the appropriateness of student behaviors. (Author)

The purpose of this research experiment was to investigate the effectiveness of one type of simulation (consisting of a series of anxiety-inducing motion picture vignettes, split-screen video tape recording, and a trained recall worker) in reducing anxiety and thereby increasing the subsequent classroom interaction of student teachers. A secondary…

Results reflect primarily a higher number of instructional contacts to girls rather than a tendency of teachers to be more reinforcing to them. (Authors)

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…

Student teachers of home economics were taught Interaction Analysis and then their verbal behavior was observed in a teaching situation. Comparisons were made between the teacher-student verbal interaction in classes taught by the experimental and by the control group. The technique was found useful in helping student teachers objectively view…

The hypothesis that teachers are unaware of the pattern of their interactions with students was tested by observing dyadic interactions between teachers and students and having teachers estimate their interactions. Results indicated a general lack of awareness on the part of teachers of the frequency and types of their interactions. (Author)

A multi-aged primary classroom environment was observed to determine (1) the degree to which teacher behaviors specified by developers of an adaptive learning environment (ALE) are actually exhibited by the teachers, (2) the nature of classroom processes and interactions between teachers and students in an ALE, and (3) the extent to which…

The procedure used in this study to validate the behavioral categories was found to be a useful method for examining the validity of all classroom observation systems. (Author/DEP)

It was hypothesized that the perception of the nonverbal behavior of the teacher held by the student may differ from the perception held by an outside observer. This study was designed to compare participant and nonparticipant observers' perception of teacher nonverbal behavior as having encouraging or discouraging affect qualities during a…

This document provides a description of the data collection procedures and the results of data collection for observation of teaching behaviors in the sample classrooms in Phase III-B of the Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study. During the 1976-77 school year, the behaviors of the teachers within the Phase III-B sample were observed approximately…

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)