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Peer reviewedDemchak, MaryAnn – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1993
This article offers a framework for assessing problem behaviors in classroom settings. It explains three prerequisite steps (identification, prioritization, and delineation of operational definitions) and three methods for formulating hypotheses (structured interviews, systematic observations, and experimental functional analyses). (DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques
Peer reviewedMalone, Bobby G.; Malm, Loren D.; Nay, Fred W.; Oliver, Brad E.; Saunders, Nancy G.; Thompson, Jay C., Jr. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 1998
Presents a case for the development of new criteria for evaluating distance-learning instruction. Discusses elements of effective teaching and possible adaptations of those elements with regard to distance-learning situations. Contains 38 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Distance Education, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education
Vialle, Wilma – Gifted Education International, 1999
Suggests the ways in which teachers can structure their classrooms, provide a range of challenging activities, and develop their observational skills identify the intellectual strengths of their students, particularly through the use of Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory as a framework for recognizing children's intellectual strengths.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cultural Awareness
Peer reviewedKontos, Susan; Keyes, Lynette – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1999
Investigated the role of classroom characteristics and preschool children's complex interactions with teachers, objects and peers. Found that complex interactions with objects were most probable in dramatic play and in art activities with the teacher present. Complex peer interactions were rare, but complex teacher interactions were probable in…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Dramatic Play
Peer reviewedNorrish, John – TESL-EJ, 1996
Findings of research at the University of East Anglia show that contemporary teachers will need to develop techniques for reflecting on their work and becoming involved with theory construction. Any resulting description should be non-judgmental in character. Examples of the kind of work that is done with groups of trainee teachers and future…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, English (Second Language), Reflective Teaching, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewedSymons, Frank J.; McDonald, Linda M.; Wehby, Joseph H. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1998
Examines issues involved in collecting observational data and conducting a functional analysis of student problem behavior directly in the elementary classroom. Two cases of children with behavior disorders in special classes illustrate the active role that teachers can take in data collection and decision making prior to program changes.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Case Studies, Classroom Observation Techniques
Direct linkEib, B. J. – Principal Leadership, 2001
Once the prevailing technology standards are established and understood, principals need to observe and evaluate how teachers translate standards into instructional practice. The Engaged Learning Profile Tool helps teachers assess their created learning environment and provides a starting point for technology discussions. Guidelines and indicators…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Check Lists, Classroom Observation Techniques, Educational Practices
Peer reviewedHannah, C. Lynne – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 1995
Discusses a self-study analysis of the use of video technology in an educational psychology course for preservice teacher education at Cleveland State University that has a required field component. Results of students' evaluations are presented that indicate positive feelings about the usefulness of video technology in preparing for observing in…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Educational Psychology, Evaluation Methods, Field Experience Programs
Peer reviewedFish, Marian C.; Dane, Elizabeth – Learning Environments Research, 2000
Describes the development of the Classroom Systems Observation Scale (CSOS), which assesses preschool through sixth grade classroom functioning from a systems perspective using a theoretical framework based on the Circumplex Model of Marital and Family Systems. Discusses influences of home environment and parental support on learning; and…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Family Environment
Grainger, Teresa; Barnes, Jonathon; Scoffham, Stephen – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2004
Despite government rhetoric, higher education lecturers and schoolteachers in the UK remain under pressure to focus on standards and measurement in the core curriculum at the relative expense of a wider and more creative education. This article argues that the balance needs redressing and explores the nature of creative teaching in the context of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Experience, Core Curriculum, Creative Teaching
Tsui, Chi-Yan; Treagust, David – Research in Science and Technological Education, 2004
This article examines conceptual learning of genetics in a Year 10 Australian classroom from an ontological perspective. The study was part of a larger research project about teaching and learning genetics with computer-based multiple representations. Genetics is an important but difficult topic to teach and learn at school. The study used an…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Science Teachers, Genetics, Concept Formation
Hooks, Laura McDonald; Scott-Little, Catherine; Marshall, Betty Jo; Brown, Glyn – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2006
South Carolina recently implemented a new initiative to improve the quality of pre- kindergarten and kindergarten classrooms in primary schools. This article describes the initiative and examines evidence that such an effort can have a positive effect on early childhood program quality. Data from both classroom observations using the ECERS-R…
Descriptors: Accountability, Program Implementation, Classroom Observation Techniques, Teacher Surveys
Allhusen, Virginia; Belsky, Jay; Booth-LaForce, Cathryn L.; Bradley, Robert; Brownwell, Celia A; Burchinal, Margaret; Campbell, Susan B.; Clarke-Stewart, K. Alison; Cox, Martha; Friedman, Sarah L.; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathryn; Houts, Renate M.; Huston, Aletha; Jaeger, Elizabeth; Johnson, Deborah J.; Kelly, Jean F.; Knoke, Bonnie; Marshall, Nancy; McCartney, Kathleen; Morrison, Frederick J.; O'Brien, Marion; Tresch Owen, Margaret; Payne, Chris; Phillips, Deborah; Pianta, Robert; Randolph, Suzanne M.; Robeson, Wendy W.; Spieker, Susan; Lowe Vandell, Deborah; Weinraub, Marsha – Developmental Psychology, 2004
This study evaluated the extent to which first-grade class size predicted child outcomes and observed classroom processes for 651 children (in separate classrooms). Analyses examined observed child-adult ratios and teacher-reported class sizes. Smaller classrooms showed higher quality instructional and emotional support, although children were…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Group Activities, Literacy, Family Income
Writing in Mathematics: An Alternative Form of Communication for Academically Low-Achieving Students
Baxter, Juliet A.; Woodward, John; Olson, Deborah – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 2005
Classroom communication figures prominently in current math reform efforts. In this study, we analyze how one teacher used writing to support communication in a seventh-grade, low-track mathematics class. For one school year, we studied four low-achieving students in the class. Students wrote in journals on a weekly basis. Using classroom…
Descriptors: Profiles, Classroom Communication, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedMcNair, Shannan; Bhargava, Ambika; Adams, Leah; Edgerton, Sally; Kypros, Bess – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2003
Investigated the types, frequency, and utility of assessment techniques used by elementary school teachers. Found that paper and pencil tests were regularly used by third- and fourth-grade teachers, but rarely by teachers in lower grades. Other forms of assessment, such as observation, checklists and portfolios were used less frequently and…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
