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Product Identifiers
PublisherPrentice Hall PTR
ISBN-100138603960
ISBN-139780138603960
eBay Product ID (ePID)13834
Product Key Features
Number of Pages302 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameObservation Skills for Effective Teaching
Publication Year1998
SubjectTeaching Methods & Materials / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorGary D. Borich, Deborah L. Bayles
Subject AreaEducation
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight22.8 Oz
Item Length10.9 in
Item Width8.3 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number3
LCCN98-022994
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal371.102
Table Of Content1. Why Observe? 2. Lenses for Observing. 3. Making Classroom Visits. 4. "Seeing" Beyond Personal Experiences and Expectations: Learning to Observe Systematically. 5. Considering the Learning Climate. 6. Focusing on Classroom Management. 7. Looking for Lesson Clarity. 8. Verifying Instructional Variety. 9. Observing Task Orientation. 10. Examining Engagement in the Learning Process. 11. Measuring Student Success. 12. Looking for Higher Thought Processes and Performance Outcomes. Appendix A: How to Determine Percentage of Observer Agreement for a Counting Observation System. Appendix B: How to Determine Percentage of Observer Agreement for an Event Observation System. References. Author Index. Subject Index. Instrument Index.
SynopsisThis practical text provides competencies that prepare pre-service teachers, student teachers, and first year teachers for classroom observation. The author presents observation skills according to eight areas related to positive outcomes in learners which include: learning climate, classroom management, lesson clarity, instructional variety, task orientation, student engagement, student success, and higher thought processes. Observation skills are combined with patterns of effective teaching practice for each of the eight areas to help students observe what happens in the classroom and use what is learned to improve their own teaching. This book can be used as a companion volume to Borich's Effective Teaching Methods, fourth edition , as a stand-alone text for an observation course taken before or during a methods course, and as a resource during student teaching., Prepares pre-service teachers, student teachers, and first year teachers for classroom observation. This book presents observation skills according to eight areas related to positive outcomes in learners. It combines the observation skills with patterns of teaching practice to help students observe what happens in the classroom.
LC Classification NumberLB1027.28.B67 1999
