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DIRECT OBSERVATION IN THE INFANT‐SCHOOL CLASSROOM
Author(s) -
Cooper E. S.,
Ingleby J. D.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1974.tb01251.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , coding (social sciences) , sample (material) , statistics , chemistry , mathematics , chromatography
SUMMARY A method for measuring certain aspects of classroom behaviour using video recording equipment is described: its purpose was to investigate the behavioural correlates of teachers' overall ratings on first‐year schoolchildren, and differences between types of school. The methodological problems of filming and coding are discussed in detail, are results from a small sample ( N = 14) are presented which show that the measures developed are reliable and sufficiently sensitive to reveal significant correlates of teachers’ratings and school types.