A project was conducted to study the interrelationships of teacher and/or student classroom behavior as measured by four different observation systems employed simultaneously to assess a given teaching-learning situation. Subjects were 71 student teachers each of whom was observed for 20 minutes during the latter half of his student teaching by a…

Behavioral measures indicated that nonparticipant observation increased the frequency, but not the appropriateness, of teacher-pupil interactions and did not affect the appropriateness of student behaviors. (Author)

The Southwestern Cooperative Interaction Observation Schedule (SCIOS) is a classroom observation instrument designed to record pupil-teacher interaction. The classification of pupil behavior is based on Krathwohl's (1964) theory of the three lowest levels of the affective domain. The levels are (1) receiving: the learner should be sensitized to…

A classroom observation scale designed to be used in the observation and recording of an individual student's behavior and the teacher's response to the behavior is presented. (Author/PHR)

This study explored the relationship between changes in student classroom behavior and teacher behavior. More specifically, teacher responses to students were evaluated as a function of systematic changes in the students' classroom behavior. The investigation was conducted in a fifth-grade classroom of a primary school located in a residential,…

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 report describes the observer's manual and the corresponding trainer's manual for the classroom observation instrument which was designed to code the behavior of the teacher during reading instruction. The "Reading: Teacher Observation Scale (TOS)" has been designed to be used with a corresponding observation instrument which…

This report describes the observer's manual and the corresponding trainer's manual for the classroom observation instrument which was designed to code the behavior of students during reading instruction. The "Reading: Student Observation Scale" has been designed to be used with a corresponding observation instrument which focuses on the…

In this research report, classrooms are seen as affective learning environments in which human relationships expand or restrict the quality of learning. The two-part report discusses (a) fundamental differences in social structures among classrooms, as measured by the Centrality-Diffuseness Index (C-D Index); and (b) relationships between the…

This article explains why teachers must relinquish personal concerns to observe children more clearly. Careful observation makes it possible for teachers to learn students' needs and strengths and then develop strengths into positive ways of meeting needs. (DF)

The authors present a quick and simple procedure for observing four behaviors relevant to classroom management: student disruption, student attention, and the teacher's use of both positive and negative events. The procedure utilizes paraprofessionals as raters and is validated by high interrater reliabilities. (Author/EJT)

The Verbal Reaction Behavior Log (VRBL) is an instrument used for identification of teacher and pupil verbal behavior. The purposes for its use are (a) an increase in pupil-teacher interaction, (b) an enhancement of indirect and pupil-centered instruction, (c) focus of attention on the logic of classroom discourse, and (d) increased use of…

The Teacher Practices Observation Record (TPOR) and the Florida Climate and Control System (FLACCS) were reviewed to determine their appropriateness for measuring teacher competencies defined by teachers in Carroll County, Georgia. The TPOR looks at the way the teacher develops subject matter and thinking processes of pupils through the eyes of…

The behavior of pupils who had been assigned seats in the front, middle, and back rows of their 14 grade-school classrooms was assessed through observation and teacher interview. (Authors)