A detailed account of Flanders System of Interaction Analysis as an instrument for collecting teacher behavior data. (JA)

Male and female students were given either a personal or an academic set and asked to offer reactions, via a Semantic Differential, to interaction settings differing only in the distance separating participants. Results showed that students see the closer interaction distances as most appropriate. No sex differences were found. Implications for…

The importance of performing supervisory responsibilities with an eye toward their beneficial effects on those under one's control is discussed. (CK)

This article focuses on the interactional tasks for which direct reported speech (DRS) is used. DRS is defined as the reproduction of words produced by someone else on another occasion. (33 references) (CK)

Based on the notions of social and socio-mathematical norms we investigate how these are established during the interactions of pre-service teachers who solve mathematical problems. Norms identified in relevant studies are found in our case too; moreover, we have found norms related to particular aspects of the problems posed. Our results show…

Birth order effects at 3 different ordinal positions were related to social activities of lower class preschool children. (GO)

Macroanalysis is the process of analyzing interactive dialogue into units of three or more tallies. It represents another level of analysis for interactive data which should lead to new directions for research in this area. (Author)

Alienation, defined as an objective state of isolation from others, is studied among 335 members of five organizations. Four dimensions of isolation are studied: isolation from formal authority, from the network of perceived actual control, from friends, and from highly respected coworkers. (Author)

This study investigates the relationship between teacher verbal maze rate and student learning and the threshhold levels of maze rate on the perceived quality of teaching. The direct and mediated effects of maze rate on achievement are examined. A randomized group design with ten levels of the independent variable teacher maze rate was used. There…

This paper introduces a new method for the detection of patterns or phases in small groups based on fuzzy pattern recognition procedures. It tells how the method provides an accurate description of all the patterns of group interaction, detects rather than assumes the number of patterns and their length, and is based on fuzzy set theory so that it…

A four-year study was conducted to test the hypothesis that indirect teacher behaviors foster pupil creativity more than do direct teacher behaviors. Multivariate composite scores derived from interaction analysis data were used to classify 180 elementary school students (who had the same teacher for grades 1 through 3, and a different teacher in…

The object of this study was to validate a technique for establishing inter-rater reliability on the Southwestern Cooperative Interaction Observation Schedule (SCIOS), where it was impractical to bring the observers to a common site. Reliability was originally obtained when eight observers met together. Observers were divided into four pairs. A…