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Good, Thomas L.; Sterzinger, Natasha; Lavigne, Alyson – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2018
This article reviews Rosenthal and Jacobson's (1968) seminal study, "Pygmalion in the Classroom" (PC). We consider what preceded PC, the actual study, immediate criticisms of it, Rosenthal's reactions to the criticism, and, importantly, the research that followed PC from 1968 to roughly 1990. Despite critical criticisms of it, we…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Teacher Expectations of Students, Criticism, Research Problems
Pfau, Richard H. – 1978
Written to assist future researchers in conducting cross-national studies of classroom behaviors, this study indicates a number of factors which may reduce the validity of comparisons made. It is based on an investigation which explored the feasibility of using the Activities Categories Instrument and the Flanders Interaction Analysis Categories…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Comparative Analysis