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Kluwin, Thomas N. – 1979
Methods used in studies of the classroom language of the English teacher are described in this paper and some results of the research are reported. The paper first describes three methods traditionally employed in the description of the language of the English classroom--live observation systems, coding systems based on transcripts, and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Classroom Communication, Educational Research, English Instruction
Reid, Leonard N.; Frazer, Charles F. – 1979
After seven judges had ranked 30 families for observed parental consumer teaching orientations and family television viewing habits, one family was selected for each cell of a 3X3 factorial design for age of children (3 to 5, 6 to 8, 9 to 11) and family consumer teaching orientation (high, moderate, low). These nine family groups were observed…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Attitudes, Communication Research, Consumer Education
Wadham, Rex A. – 1979
The Timed Interval Categorical Observation Recorder (TICOR), a portable, battery powered microcomputer designed to automate the collection of sequential and simultaneous behavioral observations and their associated durations, was developed to overcome problems in gathering subtle interaction analysis data characterized by sequential flow of…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Computer Programs, Computers, Data Analysis
Wilson, Donald C. – 1979
Situational studies comprised one part of a multiperspective approach to evaluation of the social studies curriculum in British Columbia, Canada. Situational studies were defined as settings in which daily interactions occurred among the subjects, and were based on two suppositions; that the interaction of students and educators created social…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Malouf, Roberta E. – 1979
The ways single mothers and their adolescent children attempt to influence each other as compared with the patterns observed in two-parent families were studied in order to add to the conceptual understanding of the similarities and differences between single- and two-parent families. Verbal interaction of 60 parent-adolescent dyads was observed.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Structure, Interaction Process Analysis
Grujic, Zdenda; Libby, William L., Jr. – 1978
The present study was designed to investigate whether known intercultural differences in nonverbal behavior extend to specific nonverbal repertoires accompanying, and perhaps facilitating the act of speaking a verbal language. Conversations in the form of structured interviews between 48 French-Canadian, French-English bilinguals (24 males and 24…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingualism, Body Language, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Dunwoody, Sharon – 1979
The news gathering behaviors of 24 mass media science writers were examined at individual (occupational) and organizational levels through personal interviews, observation at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and content analysis of the stories produced. Data indicated that organizational constraints…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Competition, Cooperation
HESS, ROBERT D.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THIS MANUAL DESCRIBES MEASURES USED IN "THE COGNITIVE ENVIRONMENTS OF URBAN PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN" PROJECT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. THE SAMPLE FOR THE STUDY CONSISTED OF 163 NEGRO MOTHER-CHILD PAIRS SELECTED FROM 3 SOCIOECONOMIC CLASSES BASED ON THE FATHER'S OCCUPATION AND THE PARENTS' EDUCATION. A FOURTH GROUP INCLUDED FATHER-ABSENT…
Descriptors: Black Mothers, Interaction Process Analysis, Measurement Instruments, Measurement Techniques
Semmel, M. I. – 1968
This series of working papers represents early stages in the development of a versatile and economical Computer-Assisted Teacher Training System (CATTS) for special educators, a system capable of providing immediate visual feedback of data relevant to teacher-pupil interaction in a classroom setting. Part 1 discusses the problem of existing…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cybernetics, Data Processing
Baer, Donald M. – 1966
An important approach to understanding child behavior and development is the experimental analysis of such behavior. The experimental analysis procedure must be distinguished from related analyses used occasionally. An analysis by anecdote is an analysis based upon the accumulation of recurring associations; for example, B followed by A. This does…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Child Development
Lewis-Smith, Virginia – 1977
This master's thesis investigates the evaluative instruments currently available for measuring nonverbal behaviors in the classroom. Chapters discuss the following topics: classroom nonverbal communication, major and minor evaluative instruments, problems in current studies of nonverbal communication, and recommendations for further study of…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Communication Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Lytton, Hugh – 1976
This paper examines some of the aspects of compliance, its antecedents and consequences, that emerged from a sutdy of 136, 2 1/2 year-old boys. The investigation studied parent-child interaction by means of naturalistic home observation, ratings based on observation and interviews, and experimental procedures. Four compliance criterion measures,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Discipline, Family Influence
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Kontiainen, Seppo – 1973
This study concerns student teachers' views of the behavior of supervisors during the school practice periods in two Finnish Teachers' Colleges. It is divided into four parts. In part one, the structure of the behavior of supervisors as assessed by student teachers is analyzed, and the concepts used to describe the behavior are defined. Part two…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Interaction Process Analysis, Personality Assessment
Peck, Johanne; Goldman, Richard – 1978
This paper reports a pilot study of ecological variables in a kindergarten play area. Behaviors in ten complex categories were recorded for all children present in the area. The level of experimental control was similar to the level of control that the teacher would have in the manipulation of the normal classroom environment. Subjects were 20…
Descriptors: Behavior, Classroom Environment, Difficulty Level, Early Childhood Education
Carew, Jean V.; And Others – 1975
This longitudinal study attempted to assess how environmental factors affect the development of competence, as defined by White, by delineating in detail the everyday environmental transactions of a group of children from age 1 to 3. The key questions of this research were: (1) Are certain experiences encountered by the young child in his everyday…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Competence, Environmental Influences, Infants
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