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Download full textPrescott, Elizabeth; And Others – 1973
A study was conducted to observe the behavior of preschool children (1) varying in age, sex and identified by teachers as thriving or not thriving; (2) in day care programs differing in mode of choice-making, i.e., teacher initiates or child initiates; (3) in the context of an analysis of physical setting and program structure; and (4) in terms of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Day Care, Observation
Medley, Donald M.; Norton, Daniel P. – 1971
A technique for recording pupils' experiences in the classroom, and issues related to the reliability of scores on such records are discussed. The rating instrument, the Personal Record of School Experience (PROSE), is in the form of an optical scanning sheet. Sub-professional personnel can be trained to do the observing, which is recorded on the…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Behavior Standards, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research
Williams, Frank E. – 1972
This first volume of a series on individualizing and humanizing the learning process is aimed at trainers of teachers and teachers in training and considers identifying and measuring intellectual and non-intellectual processes contributing to creativity. Emphasis is placed upon the importance of the teachers observations. New techniques are…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creativity, Creativity Tests, Humanism
Walker, William E. – 1971
Since the development of primary perceptual abilities in the child depends on a variety of factors that may differ distinctly in comparison with an adult, the present study purposed to discover a set of objects which the child himself relates with school, thus removing any adult bias created by this divergence in perceptual viewpoints. Results of…
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Childhood Attitudes, Elementary Education, Environmental Influences
Hester, Peggy; Ora, John P. – 1972
Intended for the parents (mothers) of children with behavior problems in a diagnostic intake preschool, the training manual instructs parents in methods of observing and interacting with the children. Parents are instructed in classroom observation techniques involving the collection and recording of data on rating sheets. Detailed are how to rate…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Education, Guidelines
Mueller, Edward; Rich, Adrienne – 1973
A study was conducted to examine social behavior by one-year-old boys over the course of a three-month playgroup experience. The "clusters" chosen for examination consisted of temporary groups (often less than a minute) the toddlers formed to focus on a single activity. Socially directed behavior is defined here as vocalizing, laughing and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cluster Grouping, Group Behavior, Interaction
Sherman, Thomas M.; And Others – 1973
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,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques
Washington, Eva – 1971
The expert teacher action program is to improve classroom teaching performance. The program has been tested in workshop sessions involving more than 1,200 educators representing 50 school districts. A set of standards, consisting of 25 variables, lead to the definition of expert teaching. Each variable deals with a major aspect of the duties of…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Evaluation Criteria, Performance Criteria, Self Evaluation
Moskowitz, Gertrude – Foreign Language Beacon, 1972
A method providing objective analysis of teacher and student interaction is described in this article. Feedback derived from a matrix of the teacher's classroom behavior (prepared by a professional observer) provides objective information in 10 separate categories. The categories, characteristic of any teacher's classroom behavior and teaching…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Group Dynamics, Instructional Improvement, Instructional Program Divisions
HALLMAN, CLEMENS L. – 1965
CLOSE COOPERATION IS NEEDED BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES ENGAGED IN PREPARING FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS IF STUDENT TEACHING IS TO BE AN EFFECTIVE PHASE OF THIS TRAINING. MEANINGFUL SUPERVISION OF THE STUDENT TEACHER REQUIRES LONG-RANGE PLANNING BETWEEN THE SUPERVISING TEACHER IN THE COLLEGE AND THE COOPERATING TEACHER IN THE SCHOOL WHO, AS…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Language Teachers, Lesson Observation Criteria, Lesson Plans
Shecket, Susan M.; Shecket, William C. – 1976
In this study, a classroom observation technique was employed to examine the behaviors of a group of teacher-referred hyperactive children in order to determine the frequency of specific behaviors exhibited. The purpose behind the study was the further investigation of behavioral observation and intervention techniques used by other researchers as…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
McCutcheon, Fail – 1976
The potential uses of ethnography and aesthetic criticism as sources for developing a qualitative approach to evaluating classrooms are delineated. Such work involves three interrelated processes--description, interpretation, and appraisal--which are discussed and exemplified. When describing a classroom, the evaluator vividly renders it,…
Descriptors: Art, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research
PDF pending restorationMillard, Joseph E. – 1976
Teachers may be evaluated (1) according to their skills and attitudes, (2) by observing their behavior, (3) observing the students' behavior and achievement, and (4) by a combination of means. Some systems, summative and formative, now enjoying rather wide popularity are described in this document. IOTA (Instrument for Observation of Teaching…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Measurement Techniques
Peer reviewedNeisworth, John T.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1976
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Clinical Diagnosis, Drug Therapy
Peer reviewedHolowinsky, Ivan Z. – Journal of Special Education, 1975
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Education, Foreign Countries
