In presenting classification problems to a random sampling of fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students, the author was able to devise a method of using interaction analysis as a tool to measure student behavior patterns in the outdoors. Limitations included the inability to categorize non-verbal behavior. (MA)

The relationship between teachers' expectations of students' communicative competence in the classroom and certain aspects of teachers' language during interaction with students was investigated in a study involving 55 nursery school and primary school children and their seven female teachers. The teacher expectation model used in the study…

This paper presents findings from an inquiry conducted in Australian secondary schools at the Form I level that examined the contributions of selected teaching behaviors to the achievement, attitudes, and attentiveness of students. The investigation was restricted to children in the schools of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). This…

As part of the development of a classroom interaction observation instrument, this report presents the results of a comparative study of group interaction in contrasting educational environments (open and traditional) with children of different socioeconomic backgrounds (middle and lower classes). Additionally, problems of adequately assessing…