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Cooper, Colleen R. – 1980
Naturalistic ethnographic research methods useful for the study of the dynamics of effective college teaching are discussed based on the findings of an ethnographic study. Naturalistic research methods were used in the study to understand better the task and social dimensions of a college classroom. Lessons were studied in the classroom as they…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, College Faculty, College Instruction
Mezoff, Bob – 1979
Focusing on the cognitive style known as Field-Dependence-Independence (FDI), this literature review includes: (1) an examination of how one can better understand interpersonal behavior in the human relations training setting; (2) how to develop hypotheses about the relationships that might make for successful or unsuccessful matches between…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Style, Counselor Training
Johnson, Colleen L. – 1979
Although studies of social contact and mutual aid between the elderly and their children suggest impressive potentials for family supports, much less is known of this potential in a situation of illness and dependency. The family's potential at that stage when the older person's health deteriorates to the point that some external support is…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Dependents, Diseases, Environmental Influences
Macklin, Thomas; And Others – 1980
After 177 college students in 49 groups participated in group tasks, their perceptions of those groups and individuals in the groups were analyzed for gender differences. In the discriminant analysis of the three interpretable factors for perception of groups (group cohesiveness, power, and personality), gender was a predictor of an individual's…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavioral Science Research, Communication Research, Group Behavior
Capie, William; And Others – 1979
The Teacher Performance Assessment Instruments (TPAI) were designed to determine how well teachers can demonstrate certain minimum teaching skills considered essential to effective teaching. This manual is designed for use by data collectors and others during training on the administration of the TPAI instruments. It may also be used as a…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Instructional Materials, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Competence
Fisher, Charles W.; And Others – 1978
Four major questions are addressed in this research report: What is the relationship between student academic learning time and student achievement?; What are the relationships between teaching processes and academic learning time?; Are teaching processes, academic learning time, and student achievement related to student attitudes?; and, Are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Interaction Process Analysis, Learning Processes
Savage, Tom V. – 1980
The uses of various research designs in educational research are discussed. Research methodologies such as social anthropology, path analysis, classroom observation, historiography, interaction analysis, and statistical analysis are described. The educational settings in which each of them would be an effective research tool are illustrated. (JD)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Critical Path Method, Educational Anthropology, Educational Research
Heger, Herbert K. – 1976
Based upon the communications process model of teaching and learning, the Miniaturized Total Interaction Analysis System (Mini-TIA) establishes a conceptual framework for observing symptomatic classroom behaviors. It provides a means for the evaluation of classroom communication. Interpersonal communication is defined as either verbal (using…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Observation Techniques, Evaluation Methods, Interaction Process Analysis
KOFF, ROBERT H. – 1967
A THEORETICAL PARADIGM FOR ANALYZING THE DYNAMICS OF TASK AND PROCESS COMPONENTS OF GROUP LIFE AS THEY ARE RELATED TO THE MANIFOLD FORCES OPERATIVE IN THE CLASSROOM IS PRESENTED. PUPILS ARE VIEWED AS MEMBERS OF A PREDOMINANTLY WORK-ORIENTED CULTURE--THE CLASSROOM. WITHIN THIS CULTURE, TWO KINDS OF CONFLICT-PRODUCING DEMANDS TO WHICH PUPILS MUST…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Conflict Resolution, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics
HOUGH, JOHN B.; OBER, RICHARD – 1966
AS THE CULMINATION OF A 2-YEAR COURSE REVISION AND EVALUATION PROJECT FOR THE INTRODUCTORY PROFESSIONAL COURSE FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, FIVE EXPERIMENTAL COMBINATIONS OF METHODS FOR TEACHING HUMAN RELATIONS SKILLS AND THE ANALYSIS OF VERBAL CLASSROOM TEACHING BEHAVIOR WERE EMPLOYED. THE ESSENTIAL INDEPENDENT VARIABLE WAS THE USE VERSUS…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Feedback, Human Relations, Interaction Process Analysis
GREGOR, GARY L.; WRENCH, DAVID F. – 1966
THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO TEST THE THEORY THAT LABORATORY GROUPS MAKING COMPLEX DECISIONS WILL DISTORT THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF EACH OTHER IN WAYS PREDICTABLE FROM NEWCOMB'S A-B-X MODEL OF PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION IN WHICH "A" REPRESENTS THE PERCEIVING INDIVIDUAL, "B" REPRESENTS ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE GROUP, AND "X" THE…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Group Behavior
Florio, Susan; Walsh, Martha – 1978
This paper traces the evolving relationship of a teacher and a researcher who shared life in a kindergarten/first-grade classroom for an academic year. Their relationship became the basis for new ways of thinking about the social and academic competencies of children in the classroom, and for new ways of thinking about the aims and conduct of…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Educational Researchers, Grade 1, Interaction Process Analysis
Ziegler, Suzanne – 1979
A field method approach explored the social world of Anglo-, Chinese- and Italian-Canadian children in four schools and neighborhoods in Metropolitan Toronto. Field workers observed and interacted with their subjects over a four-month period, dividing each work week between two neighborhoods. These workers were able to observe whether a given…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Cross Cultural Studies, Demography
Ruhly, Sharon; Sprague, Jo – 1979
The paper suggests that culturally determined patterns of perception should be related to Fritz Heider's attribution theory in order to understand differences of perception in male-female interaction. The first section explains Heider's theory as a complex process in which past experiences with the person or act may influence perceptions. For…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior Theories, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Morine-Dershimer, Greta – 1979
This paper describes the data collection, data analysis, and findings that point to the importance of instructional context as a factor in understanding the concepts teachers use when they process information about pupils in their classrooms, and the predictions they make about pupil success in learning. Three aspects of context are examined: (1)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods
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