An evaluation of a technique for minimizing subject-observer interaction is presented. The data show that nine children with school-adjustment problems looked less frequently at observers wearing sunglasses than at observers without sunglasses. (Authors)

The authors report on their attempt "to design and try out objective checklists upon which an observer/rater can note specific teaching behaviors in the classroom" and on a study utilizing such a checklist for noting teacher's contingency management behaviors in grade school classrooms." (Author/LS)

In this paper the conceptual foundation of recent work in classroom observational research will be considered in terms of its stage of development as a science with particular emphasis on the implications of this for classroom research. (Author)

Describes how television's instant replay principle is applied to the teaching of skiing. (LS)

The present study was restricted to finding an inexpensive means of recording and analysing the activities of a teacher in a normal class-room situation, and of identifying the pupils with which he came into contact." (Author)

The objective of this study was to describe machine transcription in measurable terms for volume of keyboarding, materials handling, error correction, referencing activities, unit operation, and proofreading tasks. Descriptive statistics from the observation of 23 word processor operators are given. The observation device and its implications for…

Structured observation is a form of participant observation in which the observor/researcher tries not to impinge upon the social system while gathering data. Structured observation as a field methodology contains the following components: (1) problem selection; (2) preliminary investigation; (3) primary data collection; (4) secondary data…