A Method for Evaluating Communicative Behavior Change.

Autor/in	Applbaum, Ronald Lee
Titel	A Method for Evaluating Communicative Behavior Change.
Quelle	(1969), (106 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University...
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Behavior Change; Behavior Rating Scales; Behavioral Science Research; Classroom Communication; Communication (Thought Transfer); Measurement Instruments; Speech + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klassengespräch; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Speaking; Sprechen
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to develop and test a method for assessing change in communicative behavior--i.e., any observable behavior change manifested by students during a communicative situation in the classroom. Using a testing instrument specifically designed to measure these changes, 16 trained raters, four untrained raters, and six teachers observed and rated children in seven public school classrooms. Results of a statistical analysis of the data indicated that (1) no real differences existed among raters' measurements, (2) experienced and inexperienced raters' judgments were not significantly different from each other, (3) real differences were found among the communicative behavior change of the subjects, (4) no real differences were found between the behavioral change scores of the raters and teachers for subjects in the same group, (5) no variability was found between the behavioral change score differences of raters and teachers in any of the seven groups, and (6) no real difference was found between the teacher-rater change score differences in the seven groups. It was concluded that the method used in this study proved to be a consistently reliable index for measuring behavioral change; could be used effectively by experienced raters, inexperienced raters, and teachers; and discriminated accurately among differences in behavioral change. (Author/JM)
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Update	2004/1/01