Time-on-Task: Issues of Timing, Sampling, and Definition.

Karweit, Nancy; Slavin, Robert E.

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Publication Date: 1982-Dec

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Time-on-Task: Issues of Timing, Sampling, and Definition.

Karweit, Nancy; Slavin, Robert E.

Journal of Educational Psychology, v74 n6 p844-51 Dec 1982

In time-on-task observations, the effects of variations in methodological characteristics on the importance of time-on-task for student achievement were examined. Substantive conclusions were affected by variations in five areas with the greatest differences due to changes in the duration and number of days of observation. (CM)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Education, Reliability, Research Methodology, Sampling, Student Evaluation, Time on Task

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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