An Interaction-Network Instrument to Assess Pupil-Interaction and Movement in Open-Area Learning Situations.

Autor/in	Edwards, Peter
Institution	Vancouver Board of School Trustees (British Columbia). Dept. of Planning and Evaluation.
Titel	An Interaction-Network Instrument to Assess Pupil-Interaction and Movement in Open-Area Learning Situations.
Quelle	(1973), (34 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Classroom Environment; Classroom Observation Techniques; Elementary Schools; Evaluation Methods; Interaction Process Analysis; Intermediate Grades; Open Plan Schools; Peer Relationship; Student Behavior; Student Evaluation; Student Mobility + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Prozessanalyse; Mittelstufe; Open plan school; Open school; Open schools; Offene Schule; Peer-Beziehungen; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität
Abstract	The study was conducted to gain an understanding of pupil-interaction and pupil-movement in an open-area learning environment. The only measures that were available were not sufficiently suitable and it was necessary to construct a new instrument to gain a valid measure of pupil behavior in a classroom setting. As a result, the Interaction-Network instrument was developed. Three elementary schools were used in the study. Two of the schools contained open-area classrooms and these constituted the experimental schools. The third school, which acted as the 'control' situation, employed a more traditional form of classroom instruction. Pupils from Grades 5, 6, and 7 participated. Samples of approximately 20% of the pupils in each grade at all three schools were observed. A descriptive analysis showed that there were major differences in both pupil-interaction and pupil-movement between the experimental schools and the control school. The role of the teacher was more pronounced in the traditional type school while in the open-area schools there was much more pupil-movement and pupil-interaction. Recommendations were made for the use of the instrument in future research. (Author)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC