Research in developmental and educational psychology has come to rely less on
conventional psychometric tests and more on records of behavior made by human …

Recent research on teaching has followed two lines of inquiry. One is the criterion of
effectiveness paradigm, and the other is the teaching process paradigm (Gage, 1972). The …

In textbooks and courses in statistics, substantive and measurement issues are rarely, if at
all, considered. Similarly, textbooks and courses in measurement virtually ignore design and …

The mathematics lessons of 63 Year 5 teachers in government elementary schools were
observed over a term, and detailed teaching practices recorded. A causal model linking …

There appears to be a growing interest in the study of process variables in naturalistic
classroom settings. Numerous observation systems have been developed and used in such …

Evaluation of teachers rests on the assumption that the characteristics of" good" or effective
teachers are known and recognizable. Effective teaching has been conceived as generally …

The articles in a special issue of this journal, Merits and Limitations of Researching
Teaching Quality More Synergistically, grapple with the assertion that the field does not …

This chapter examines the practice of teacher evaluation in American schools, focusing
narrowly on the formal evaluation of in-service teachers in Grades K–12 from the …

To guide users and developers of observation systems and manuals, a set of criteria was
developed. The criteria were collected and revised during the construction of a system, the …

Results of systematic observation of teacher-student interaction in 35 junior and senior high
school classrooms indicate that students exert influence over classroom events and that they …