Explains the general concept and technology of interaction analysis, looks at a widely used system as an example of the field" and introduces a new technique. (Author/AA)

An innovative method is proposed for training prospective teachers. (CK)

The article describes a direct observation system designed to help teachers identify children with behavior problems. The system involves recording the frequency of four key target behaviors (noise, out-of-place, physical contact/destruction, and off task) emitted by the referred student and by a normative peer sample. (DLS)

The Teacher-Student Instructional Interaction Observation System was designed for use by supervising teachers, educational consultants, and psychologists to provide teachers with feedback for improving the learning of low functioning, visually impaired students. (Author)

This article focuses on the purposes and procedures of different kinds of classroom observation. (Author/VWL)

To overcome the difficulties imposed by the prescribed question format, a topically arranged guide in the form of a wheel is recommended for conducting preobservation teacher conferences with teachers. The circular arrangement allows adjustment of the topic sequence to meet the teacher's needs and intentions. This nonlinear and nonthreatening…

The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) was first launched in 1997 as a periodic longitudinal study of program performance. Successive nationally representative samples of Head Start children, their families, classrooms, and programs provide descriptive information on the population served; staff qualifications, credentials,…

The Department of Mathematics at the University of Food Technology, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, has introduced the Computer Algebra System DERIVE into the Mathematics courses with a view to increasing student motivation and understanding of the material taught as well as the efficiency of the teaching process. With the aim of investigating the effect of…

In an attempt to uncover differences in student behavior as a function of class size, the author observed a small class and a large class for 15 hours each and conducted interviews with eight students who were members of both classes. Two trends emerged from these qualitative data. First, a "diverge-converge" pattern was evident in the small class…