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Webb, Jeaninne Nelson; Brown, Bob Burton – 1969
A study was designed to (1) compare two types of reliability in the observation of teachers' behavior, (2) explore the relationship between observer reliability and the validity of their systematic classroom observations, and (3) investigate the effects of training, observer beliefs, and the passage of time on reliability and validity estimates.…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Classroom Observation Techniques, Educational Experiments, Educational Researchers
Vickery, Tom Rusk; Brown, Bob Burton – 1967
To investigate the use of measures of belief and systematic observations of classroom behavior to increase consistency between beliefs and teaching practices, 3 questions were posed: (1) Will teachers develop a more consistent body of beliefs when given empirical evidence of their logical inconsistency? (2) Will such teachers come to behave more…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Black Attitudes, Black Teachers
Brown, Bob Burton – 1969
Demonstrating and testing Conant's recommendation that teacher competence should determine certification, this four-phase study from 1964-68 developed and field-tested procedures for evaluating teacher competence and for determining how evaluation is affected by the beliefs of student teachers and observer-judges. Following the Phase I orientation…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attitude Measures, Attitudes, Behavior Rating Scales