ERIC Number: ED035672
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Publication Date: 1965-Nov
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"The Waste Sad Time": Some Remarks on Class Visitation.
Harper, George Mills
College English, v27 n2 p119-123 Nov 1965
Remarks on the practice of class visitation at the college level in English courses are directed toward revealing critical weaknesses of such practice. Examples, drawn from experience, suggest that psychological damage to the instructor often results from direct classroom observation. A more successful approach to evaluation is discussed in terms of "indirection", whereby the various feedback cues utilized neither interfere with performance nor destroy professional attitudes. (RL)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, College Faculty, English Instruction, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Faculty Evaluation, Feedback, Lesson Observation Criteria, Predictive Validity, Psychological Patterns, Teacher Aides, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Evaluation, Teaching Experience
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Authoring Institution: National Council of Teachers of English, Champaign, IL.
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