Describes microteaching and interaction analysis and discusses why these may not be appropriate to use with student teachers preparing to work in an open education setting. (JMB)

This study examined the stranger reactions of 18-month-old children in three types of mother/stranger social contexts: (1) no interaction, (2) conversation only, or (3) playing cards. The results showed differential responding by condition, suggesting that 18-month-olds are sensitive to the background context of social encounters.

The Interaction Sequence Graph records the occurrence of events according to Flanders' 10 categories of verbal interaction, the duration of each behavioral event, and the relationship of each event to those which precede and follow it. Data obtained by observing classroom teaching are analyzed and converted from a long series of numbers to a…

The Profile of Interaction in the Classroom (PIC) is a short-cut method of interaction analysis that can provide the quick feedback essential to effective supervision of instruction. And because the PIC contains a record of all the behaviors that occurred in the classroom, as well as the sequence, the data may be used to build a traditional…

The Profile of Interaction in the Classroom (PIC) is a feedback method of interaction analysis, based on the Flanders System, created for supervisors of pre-service and in-service teacher education. The Micro-PIC is an abbreviated simplified form for analysis of shorter periods of interaction, particularly in microteaching. The Micro-PIC…

Infants aged 9, 14, 20 and 24 months were observed looking at picture books with their mothers. The integration of pointing with verbal and visual behaviors together with activities pertaining to the task, such as page turning, are described. (Author/JMB)

Review of experimental or quasi-experimental studies of the behavior of staff working with retarded persons resulted in 12 generalizations including the following: a disproportionate number of interactions occur with a relatively small number of clients; small teaching groups promote interactions; and structured settings promote more interactions.…

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)

This repeated-measures, counter-balanced study reports on a comparison of quantity and quality of one teacher's language in face-to-face (FTF) and written electronic (WE) discussions with advanced English as a Subsequent Language (ESL) students. Transcripts from the two types of discussions were compared for complexity of teacher input and the…