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Bielefeldt, Talbot – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2012
Correlational analysis of two years of classroom observation indicates relationships between technology use and various classroom characteristics, including teacher roles and instructional strategies. Three observers used the ISTE Classroom Observation Tool (ICOT) to record 144 observations of classrooms participating in a variety of educational…
Descriptors: Grants, Federal Programs, Standards, Interrater Reliability
Brown, Bob Burton; Webb, Jeaninne N. – 1975
Systematic observations of classroom behavior of both teachers and pupils are effective measures of process in education. Until a few years ago, the classroom process--what actually does and does not happen as a result of instituting a new program--went unmeasured for want of tools and techniques to do that job. In this article, examples of…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Valotto, Evelyn; And Others – 1969
This document is a progress report on effecting educational change in a kindergarten program and its interim research findings. A general description of the program and its background are given, followed by an explanation of the diagnostic-prescriptive approach taken in the program. This explanation includes descriptions of the rationale for…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Pohland, Paul A. – 1970
Ethnography may be used to inform the audience of a curriculum program with the activities of the educators and students involved. Thus the expository function of evaluation is best met by ethnography. A conceptual model developed at the Central Midwestern Regional Educational Laboratory incorporates ethnographic data and techniques into…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Evaluation
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Mitchell, Rosamond – System, 1989
Reviews a number of second-language (L2) classroom-based research projects undertaken at the University of Stirling in Scotland. It is argued that a full understanding of classroom-based L2 learning requires the integration of sociolinguistic studies of the classroom context with psycholinguistic studies of second language acquisition. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Gearhart, Maryl; And Others – 1990
One of the new measures developed as part of the Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow (ACOT) program is described. The ACOT project examines the impact of access to educational technology on the kindergarten through grade 12 classroom environments. The new measure is a technology-based classroom observation instrument for documenting the impact of…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Computer Uses in Education, Data Collection
Smylie, Mark – 1985
This study examined impact of a staff development program on increasing the accuracy of teachers' self-evaluation of classroom performance. Teachers were provided with specific formal feedback through a program called The Effective Use of Time Program (EUOT). The program had four components: (1) observation in the classroom and feedback about…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Feedback
Taylor, Lorne – 1975
This paper presents an evaluation of both process (program content) and outcome (effects on children) of a day care center and emphasizes the importance of considering process variables in order to understand program results. Subjects for the study were 25 control children who were not attending a preschool program, 25 children who attended the…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Ligon, Glynn; And Others – 1978
A comprehensive guide for observers using the Pupil Activities Record--Revised (PAR-R), this manual covers procedures followed in systematic observation of a student's classroom activities for the period of one instructional day. The manual provides general information about the purpose and design of the PAR and explains the revisions, which were…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Data Collection
Bronson, Martha B. – 1991
A collaborative day care and public school kindergarten intervention program for children in several public housing projects in Boston was evaluated by means of the Bronson Social and Task Skill Profile, a classroom observation instrument. This instrument has categories that measure behaviors related to competence in carrying out social…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Comparative Analysis, Day Care
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Cooley, William W.; Leinhardt, Gaea – 1978
To evaluate classroom processes for teaching basic reading and mathematics, particularly individualized instruction in the context of compensatory education, a model of classroom processes was applied to disadvantaged children from 400 schools, grades one and three. The model specified that criterion performance is a function of initial student…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Compensatory Education
Slaughter, Helen; Chilcott, John – 1981
An ethnographic approach to the evaluation of an Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I mathematics project designed for grades 3 and 5 low-achieving students is described. The research was designed as a series of eight disaggregated single case studies of the implementation of the project with the classroom serving as the unit. The focus of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Compensatory Education
Young, M. J.; And Others – 1995
This document comprises four papers from a symposium on using an inquiry-based observation tool for assessing teaching and learning on various educational levels. The first paper, "Introduction, and Overview and Use of the Tool for K-12 Science, Mathematics, and Technology Program Evaluation" (M. Jean Young), presents an overview of the tool…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, College Instruction, Corporate Education
Leinhardt, Gaea – 1977
Variations in classroom instruction were observed, and related to student achievement in reading and mathematics. A six-construct model was applied to data on students and instructional practices in sixty second grade classrooms at nine geographic sites, seven of which were sponsored by Project Follow-Through. The constructs were: (l) initial…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques