A classroom observation instrument was developed for investigating teacher and student behaviors associated with the maintenance of an inquiry atmosphere where Earth Science Curriculum Project materials are used as a course of study. This instrument was later used in ESCP classrooms to determine its reliability and usefulness in describing teacher…

This document is a manual of instruction on how to administer the Child Behavior Survey Instrument (CBSI). This manual also presents definitions of the categories used to define the nature of the observed child's behavior. The CBSI provides a scheme for observing the classroom behavior of children along nine major categories: (1) orientation, (2)…

An observational evaluation study was made to code 3-, 4-, and 5-year old children's responses and behavior to daily TV lessons. The AEL program, Around the Bend, used a format paced to permit children to respond to instructions. It included a number of different programing techniques (animation, film segments, visitors, art and crafts, animals,…

This report presents the findings from an evaluation of the classroom processes of the twelve Planned Variation sponsors. Three basic issues were addressed: (1) To what degree are the programs really different and providing distinct treatments? (2) To what extent are the educational goals of each program actually implemented? and (3) Is there a…

The research reported in this document represents efforts to search for the structure and dynamics of the instructional process itself. Without reliable knowledge of these basic facts, improvement of teacher education and the guidance of teachers would remain based on unsystematic experiences and speculation. In order to penetrate the structure…

This guide is directed toward the needs of supervising teachers and focuses on the role of the cooperating teacher. Part one, "Getting Ready for the Student Teacher," discusses conducting the initial student teacher visit and preparing for the student teacher's arrival by preparing the class, making notes for early conferences, considering the…

In an identification of the varieties of student behavior that enter faculty judgments of academic performance, 311 faculty members in 15 colleges and universities described how a good student and a poor student each differed from an ordinary student in one of their classes. Content analysis of these descriptions identified about 100 separate…

This report describes a naturalistic observational study concerned with the functions of aggression in children and how they change with age. Background on aggression is provided through a discussion of the problems of definition and ontogenesis, which have led to a general shortage of relevant developmental data. This study involved 102 children,…

The purpose of this book is to describe the basic mechanisms whereby pollution is transported and diffused in the atmosphere. It is designed to give practitioners an understanding of basic mechanics and physics so they may have a correct basis on which to formulate their decisions related to practical air pollution control problems. Since many…

The report develops a method of driver performance measurement. Suitability or unsuitability (potential hazard and interference with other traffic) of driving behavior patterns in changing traffic situations is rated by pairs of carefully trained observer/raters. In 2 studies, new groups with driver education teaching background were trained as…

To help children use valuing processes, a teacher uses strategies of value clarification. The Flanders' Interaction Analysis Behaviors can be used as a model to construct an instrument for use with value-clarifying responses by teachers. The instrument entitled, "Interaction Analysis of Value-Clarification Behvaiors" (IAVCB) is constructed on this…

This paper reviews the development of the supervisory conference from 1930 to the present and contrasts the objectives and procedures of traditional and emerging models of supervision. A general discussion of systematic observation instruments for use in supervisory conferences leads to detailed descriptions of and directions for using two…

A program designed to provide prospective secondary speech teachers with intern experiences in addition to those received during the formal student teaching program was initiated at Michigan State University. Objectives of the program are to: (1) analyze the classroom situation from a communication process point of view, (2) observe a variety of…

This bibliography consists of a listing of papers, reports, and books that discuss and describe observation instruments and methodology and their application in the classroom teaching-learning situation. The entries are presented in three sections: 1) the development of observation techniques and instruments, the use of observation instruments,…

Instruments for screening visual performance, for observing vision behavior, the learner in general, and the student at a learning task, and a parent questionnaire are described. (See TM 001 363 for a description of the total project; for other related documents, see TM 001 160, 364-368, 370-374.) (MS)