This article describes two types of classroom process research (process-product and descriptive) which are being funded by the National Institute of Education, and it analyzes the trend toward a greater emphasis on descriptive research. (MM)

Findings from this project suggest that (1) effective teaching can be predicted from observation in natural classroom settings and (2) a teacher can be trained in the use of observation instruments in order to assess another teacher's performance. (MM)

Thirty-six elementary school teachers in a predominantly lower and working class urban school system were selected in order to define creativity in terms of specific observable behaviors believed by teachers of the disadvantaged to indicate creativity in the classroom setting. (BD)

In order to maximize the development and generalization of social responses of two severely retarded, multihandicapped children (10 and 11 years old) and their classroom peers, a continuous observation system was used to select target responses. (Author)

Illustrates use of self-control procedures to modify teacher instructional behavior. A teacher wanted to increase the frequency of approval statements and decrease the frequency of disapproval statements. She followed a plan that included a card self-recording system, cues, and overt rewards. (Author)

The article describes a technique for evaluating remedial reading prescriptions as illustrated through case studies of two severely disabled readers (8 and 10 years old) in learning disability classes. (CL)

The development and validation of the School Observation Scale is presented. The scale can be used by elementary teachers to record observations of pupil behavioral characteristics associated with learning disabilities and minimal brain disfunction. (Author/JKS)

Observer disagreement is important because it limits the reliabilities of observational measures. To avoid this limitation, observers should be trained, and criterion-related and intraobserver agreement measures should be used both before and during a study. Several agreement coefficients are examined for their applicability. (Author/BW)

Changes in student teachers' verbal behaviors after feedback from video tapes of classroom activity are discussed. (GW)

Describes modifications of the Learning Environment Inventory (LEI) instrument for measuring classroom climate to make it suitable for individualized junior high school classrooms. Reports validation data from a sample of seventh graders. (SL)

It appears that successful teaching is based upon a large number of variables that must be present to at least a minimum degree, rather than one or two critical factors. (MM)

Suggests that the traditional method of observing teachers and classrooms used by researchers should be abandoned. (Editor/RK)

Examined are the potential contributions of research on social reciprocity to the assessment and remediation of social withdrawal among educationally handicapped preschool children. (Author)

Devised a classroom observation code that would identify hyperactive children reliably. Children referred for hyperactivity had significantly higher scores than comparison children on 12 categories. There was greater within-subject variability in the hyperactive group. Motor activity for both groups was significantly inversely related to age.…