This research assessed whether, within the context of a classroom session, the pattern of questioning and discussion used by teachers is related to the pattern of student responses. Clear and comprehensible linkages between questioning and answering behaviors were found in this study. These results indicate that researchers can help resolve the…

Classroom research is caught between lack of rigor and lack of richness. When multiple classrooms are used, and when the performance of different groups or levels of students is regarded as "repeated measures" (or split plots) and analyzed accordingly, much of the descriptive richness of the interactions may be regained. (Author)

The procedure used in this study to validate the behavioral categories was found to be a useful method for examining the validity of all classroom observation systems. (Author/DEP)

This handbook on teacher evaluation provides the means for conducting positive, nonjudgmental assessment of teacher performance. The first section presents a sequence for planning and implementing an evaluation of teaching. The second section discusses concepts that are used as a basis for developing procedures to evaluate teaching for…

This study examined children's conflict interactions in an attempt to provide evidence for the evolutionary continuity of the organization of power relations within primate societies and childhood peer groups. A total of 17 children, ages 3 - 5, were observed daily at their preschool over a three month period. Two one-half hour video samples were…

The system of interaction analysis employed in this instructional module is "The Instrument for the Analysis of Science Teaching" (IAST), which has fourteen categories: eight for teacher talk, four for student talk, and two special categories. By using the IAST base, the indirect-direct climate of Flanders can still be considered; and, in…

Interaction analysis, a system for observing and coding the verbal interchange between a teacher and his pupils, is used to study spontaneous teaching behavior and to help teachers modify their behavior. Trained observers classify teacher statements according to; a) acceptance of student feelings; b) use of praise and encouragement; c) acceptance…

This paper presents an inservice education model for the feedback of information concerning a teacher's spontaneous classroom behavior. A trained observer classifies the teacher's statements using a matrix of ten categories. From a tabulation of matrix entries it is possible to make inferences concerning the teacher's attitudes and behavior with…

This textbook on verbal classroom interaction is designed to be used as one unit in an educational psychology course at the postsecondary level. The book is divided into three sections which discuss the Flanders' Interaction Analysis System (FIAS), the categories in the system, and the use of the system. The first section gives the underlying…

With an example of OScAR 5V records from four seventh-grade classrooms, this article illustrates the fact that conclusions in any study depend on decision-making processes. Careful examination of the decision-making process is suggested since resulting judgments and implications are rarely scrutinized. (CK)

Major differences found were that inner-city teachers talked more about procedural activities, while advantaged teachers talked more about cognitive activities, and that advantaged students had twice as much student-initiated talk as disadvantaged. (RT)

Elementary and secondary preservice and inservice teachers were given a short training program in Interaction Analysis. Pre and post multiple choice tests were administered, and subjects showed a 20 percent increase in mean score. Some teachers reported increased self-awareness and verbal interaction with their students. (Author)

A description of an intervention strategy that was designed on the basis of the initial level of interaction of an isolate preschool child with peers and adults is presented. The results of this case study are discussed. (Author/AL)