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Neufeld, Barbara; And Others – 1985
This evaluation report summarizes the impact of the Hartford Effective Schools Initiative (HESI) during the 1984-85 implementation year and is based on: (1) interview and observation data gathered during two day visits to each of the three schools in April and May and compared with similar data collected from the same teachers, facilitators,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Bilingual Education, Classroom Observation Techniques
Cronin, Linda; Capie, William – 1986
The influence of day-to-day variation in teacher performance on the reliability and validity of teacher assessment was examined. An attempt was made to identify and quantify sources of score variation attributable to differences in teacher performance, day of observation, observers, and test subscales; and to determine their effects on reliability…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Observation Techniques, Evaluation Methods
Crenshaw, Shirley R. – 1985
This study was designed to describe the signs that influence the literacy learning activities of kindergarten children as expressed in their writing performances and processes. A naturalistic inquiry was made of 24 kindergarten children to determine (1) observable differences in children's writing performances according to developmental…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Developmental Stages
Meyer, Linda A.; And Others – 1985
Kindergarten children in three school districts were observed to measure the variance in their abilities upon entering school as well as the variance in the literacy-related instruction they received. The school districts differed in their early childhood education philosophies, as reflected in their kindergarten programs, their choices of…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques
Higashino, Fukue S. – 1985
In 1981, when Chapter 1 replaced Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I and with the advent of the effective schools movement, the Hawaii state administrators of Chapter 1 made a long term commitment to program improvement, especially in the area of instruction and quality delivery of services to the target students. In this program…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Classroom Observation Techniques, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education
Carrasco, Robert L. – 1979
The case study of the use of a classroom observation technique to evaluate the abilities and performance of a bilingual kindergarten student previously assessed as a low achiever is described. There are three objectives: to show the validity of the ethnographic monitoring technique, to show the value of teachers as collaborating researchers, and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Case Studies
Warries, Egbert – 1986
The paper gives Dutch results and possible implications of three recently completed international evaluation studies. School subjects were mathematics and science at the grade levels 8 and 9 in more than 500 schools. Effect and efficiency of teaching and textbooks in different school types, opportunity to learn, and students' classroom…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Effect Size, Foreign Countries
Mahan, James M. – 1985
The personal, evaluative statements of student teachers were used to study the perceptions of newcomers to American Indian schools and communities. Respondents in this study were 90 Anglo preservice teachers from 10 universities, completing the final 17 weeks of their teacher preparation programs as full-time student teachers in Navajo and Hopi…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Anglo Americans
Stein, Shirley – Insights into Open Education, 1988
A case study was conducted in which a teacher followed the progress of a first grade boy over the course of a semester, collecting samples of his written work and observing his interaction with peers. The teacher came to understand how the boy expressed his uniqueness in his writing, and how important it is for all students to be allowed to use…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Case Studies, Classroom Research, Creative Writing
Cross, K. Patricia – 1988
Aspects of the perception that assessment is a large-scale testing program conducted at institutional or state levels to determine what students have learned from college is questioned. Small-scale assessments conducted continuously in college classrooms by discipline-based teachers to determine what students are learning in what class are also…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Observation Techniques, College Instruction, Educational Assessment
Levine, Sheri G. – 1988
The practicum report describes inservice training to increase mainstream elementary teachers' (N=15) awareness of the ramifications of having an emotionally handicapped child in the regular classroom through increased knowledge of the Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) and its guidelines and procedures. The inservice program was developed and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques, Consultants
Duckett, Willard R., Ed. – 1980
The wide variety of contexts in which good teaching takes place, a desirable circumstance from most points of view, creates problems, not the least of which is evaluation. Systematic observation is one measurement procedure that can provide some of the data essential to reliable observation. The fourteenth National Symposium for Professionals in…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Hughes, Jan; And Others – 1983
The purposes of this study were to investigate the interrelatedness of several measures of social competence and to determine a valid and practical combination of procedures for assessing social competence in school or clinic settings. A total of 51 sixth-grade children (23 boys and 28 girls) were administered the following measures of social…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Assertiveness, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Jones, M. Gail – 1989
This study investigated the seating patterns of target students in science classrooms to see if there was an action zone or t-zone present. Fifty-six physical science and chemistry classes were observed using the Brophy-Good Teacher-Child Dyadic Observation System. Target students were identified and their interactions were compared to non-target…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
Piel, John A.; Conwell, Catherine R. – 1989
The effects of cooperative learning on students' perceptions of themselves and their roles in academic settings are explored. A group of 28 students from seven intermediate classrooms in an urban school system were selected to be videotaped while participating in a cooperative problem-solving lesson and were subsequently interviewed. The students…
Descriptors: Black Students, Classroom Research, Cooperative Learning, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
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