Because of the need to describe and analyze nonverbal as well as verbal classroom interaction, an attempt has been made to develop an observational system of complete behavioral analysis using the Flanders system as a base. Each of the 10 Flanders verbal categories (based on direct and indirect teacher influence) is combined with relevant…

A SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM ON SEWING WAS DEVELOPED AND COMPARED WITH THE TRADITIONAL LABORATORY-DEMONSTRATION METHOD OF TEACHING. THE PROGRAM COMPRISED SECTIONS ON SEWING MACHINES, PATTERNS, AND BLOUSE CONSTRUCTION, AND WAS INTENDED TO ACHIEVE PERFORMANCE OF LABORATORY TASKS, UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESSES INVOLVED, AND PREPARATION FOR TRANSFER…

The paper presents results of a study to assess to what extent visiting a museum is an adult learning experience. Study population was 112 adult visitors to the Ohio Historical Center in Columbus during December 1976 and January and February 1977. Visitor behavior was observed and recorded and the visitors were then interviewed for their comments…

This chapter of "The Best of the Best of ERIC," Volume 2, contains 17 summaries of documents and journal articles on teacher evaluation, all of which are indexed in either "Resources in Education" or "Current Index to Journals in Education." The materials included deal with various aspects of this topic, such as the current state of teacher and…

Investigated was the effect of a training program on teacher behavior. Videotaped classroom observations for selected teachers were taken prior to and after short term training on the Taxonomy of Image Provoking Behavior. Each videotape was analyzed and reliability established on each of four major observational instruments. No significant…

Investigated was the effect of training in precision teaching and interaction analysis on the performance of eight moderately retarded 10- to 20-year-old pupils. Seven hypotheses were formulated regarding two questions: Do rates of teacher-selected teacher and pupil behavior differ before, during, and after feedback conditions? Do rates of three…

Developed by the Special Education Supervisor Training (SEST) Project at the University of Texas at Austin, the document examines two instruments and basic procedures for observing and analyzing individualized instruction. Guidelines are provided for self training and training others in the use of the Individualization of Instruction Inventory…

The changes in preschool children's effective play, affective involvement, and social interaction across a 6-month period of nursery school attendance were examined. Videotaping of the children's activities was done in January/February (pretesting) and May/June (posttesting). The result was a total of approximately 40 hours of tape covering many…

The purpose of this study was to determine if there were differences in perceptions of a black and a white female observer relative to verbal and nonverbal behaviors exhibited by black and white (male and female) teachers toward black and white (male and female) students. A study conducted by Crump (1974) provided the baseline data for comparison.…

An investigation was conducted of the characteristics of two estimation procedures and corresponding test statistics used in the analysis of completely randomized factorial experiments when observations are lost at random. For one estimator, contrast coefficients for cell means did not involve the cell frequencies. For the other, contrast…

Ninety-six female introductory psychology students differing in terms of the dimensions of neuroticism-stability and introversion-extraversion performed two sets of thirty trials each on a choice reaction time task. On one of the sets of trials the Ss were observed by two female observers and on the other set of trials the observers were not…

This paper is a critique of Eisner's "The Perceptive Eye: Toward the Reformation of Educational Evaluation," abstracted in ED 103 327. Criticisms are that Eisner (1) distorts the analogy between the arts and education by choosing the instructional process as a potential object of connoisseurship and criticism; (2) discusses critics and…

Evaluated is the validity of the behavioral categories held in common among three classroom observation systems. The validity model employed was that reported by Campbell and Fiske (1959) which requires that both convergent and discriminant validity be demonstrated. These procedures were applied to data obtained from the videotapes of 62 teacher…

The use of standardized instruments has demonstrated the ineffectiveness of traditional educational programs in providing optimum learning situations for large numbers of children with diversified backgrounds. Consequently, many new innovative programs have been designed and implemented for preschool children. However, it has become apparent that…

In this study, investigators made an experimental comparison of four curricula for Head Start classes: (1) the official (or "traditional") Head Start program, emphasizing enrichment of experience, individual differences, a climate of freedom, and learning by doing, (2) the DARCEE program, emphasizing reinforcement of attitudes combined…