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Feilitzen, Cecilia – 1972
The findings of six studies based on in-home observations of children's television viewing behavior as recorded by mothers, fathers, or other adults caring for the child are summarized and compared. The object of this research method is to determine child interest in the programs, the variability of interest within programs, the amount of series…
Descriptors: Childrens Television, Interest Inventories, Interest Research, Observation
Filipson, Leni – 1976
This 2-part report investigates the role of mass media in the lives of pre-school Scandinavian children. The first part presents a portrait of one child, giving a personal picture of the child's family life and her relationships to various forms of media. Part II continues the discussion of the role of media in children's lives, based on the…
Descriptors: Childrens Television, Foreign Countries, Interviews, Mass Media
Kaplan, Barbara J.; McHale, Frederick J. – 1979
This study investigates communication and play behaviors of a deaf preschooler and his younger brother. Observations of four free play sessions suggests that to some extent the normal pattern of sibling interaction was altered. Videotape analysis of the play sessions revealed that a substantial number of the hearing child's communications were not…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication Problems, Cooperation, Deafness
Helling, Barbara B. – 1976
This observation guide lists 270 separate items, in checklist format, to be used for informal evaluation of classroom teachers by their peers. Items for observation are given for mechanics of teaching, scholarship, organization, classroom relationships, and miscellaneous teaching functions, as well as for preparation, topic choice, quality of…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Evaluation Criteria, Observation, Peer Evaluation
Gardner, C. H.; And Others – 1980
Methods for videotaping a second grade classroom effectively and unobtrusively are described. Guidelines for equipment and personnel needs, equipment placement, and recording procedures are included. Details of the difficulties such methods present are also described. (SAS)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Reading Research, Research Methodology
FINN, JAMES D.; WEDBERG, DESMOND P. – 1963
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SIMULATED AND OF ACTUAL OBSERVATIONS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOMS WERE COMPARED FOR THE INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN A SEQUENCE OF FIVE COLLEGE COURSES REQUIRED IN TEACHER TRAINING. A TOTAL OF 151 STUDENTS IN FOUR SECTIONS OF THE INTRODUCTORY COURSE WERE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO THREE GROUPS WHICH--(1) OBSERVED A MINIMUM OF 30 HOURS IN…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Class Activities, College Students, Films
Sachs, Jacqueline; And Others – 1980
The first phase of an ongoing study of communication in a naturalistic situation in which children talked to familiar children is described in this paper. The situation was one that encouraged pretend (or dramatic) play. Research was focused on (1) the amount of pretend play; (2) the amount of speech used for planning or managing the play; and (3)…
Descriptors: Child Language, Communication Skills, Discourse Analysis, Language Patterns
Hord, Shirley M. – 1978
The data reported here were gathered in three ethnographic studies in different research settings: a single school, school district, and research center/school district team. These longitudinal studies incorporated the use of ethnography for purposes of collecting data about classroom teachers, principals, staff developers, central office…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Data Collection, Ethnography, Experimental Groups
Download full textBates, John E. – 1977
This paper outlines the research on the reciprocal effects of children and parents on one another and briefly discusses the methods and concepts currently employed in the area. Three types of observational studies are identified: (1) parent-infant studies in which slow-motion and stop-frame video pictures are used to analyze minute details of…
Descriptors: Children, Interaction Process Analysis, Literature Reviews, Observation
Coleman, Donavon E. – 1967
An experiment was designed to investigate the effects of classroom observation on the attitudes of education majors toward selected aspects of teaching. Three major hypotheses were considered: (1) that observation of classes would result in a significant change in student attitudes toward selected aspects of teaching, (2) that student attitudes…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Education Majors, Educational Experiments, Observation
Cooper, Margaret; Thomson, carolyn – 1967
Two teachers were subjects of this investigation into the effect of various forms of feedback on the frequency of a teacher's attending to desirable child behavior. The feedback took three forms: (1) a report of the frequency of the teacher's attending to appropriate pupil responses, (2) a report of the frequency of attended and unattended…
Descriptors: Attention, Behavior Change, Feedback, Instructional Improvement
Van Nagel, Clint – 1977
Described is a diagnostic-prescriptive model for teacher observation of learning disabled students. It is explained that through observation, teachers should be able to answer questions in seven areas, including the existence of a real learning disability; the student's functioning level in reading, arithmetic, and writing; the student's learning…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Informal Assessment, Learning Disabilities
Harrington, Wilma M. – 1976
The operations for achieving skill in motor performance are perceiving, patterning, adapting, refining, varying, improvising, and composing. These operations are readily observable in physical education classes. An observation record containing the seven catagories was used to classify teacher feedback to students. The teachers observed were…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Feedback, Formative Evaluation, Physical Education
Hillocks, George, Jr. – 1975
Experience in teaching composition at every level, from seventh grade to advanced writing courses intended for college sophomores, reveals one common problem--lack of specificity. Hillocks discusses this problem and suggests that it can be surmounted by involving students in the process of observing, encouraging them to draw inferences from their…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Higher Education, Observation, Secondary Education
Weinberg, Richard A., Ed.; Wood, Frank H., Ed. – 1975
Presented are 12 papers which focus on four systematized methods of classroom observation. Stressed is the importance of formal, systematic observation as a tool for viewing and recording pupil behaviors and insuring that the individual child's needs are met in both the mainstream and special education settings. R. Brandt offers an historical…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children
