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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: reliability of the classroom observation system
  name:
    name part: Tsai, Chiou-Yueh
    name part: 1958-
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Denton, Jon J.
    role:
      role term: degree supervisor.
  name:
    name part: Godwin, Douglas C.
    role:
      role term: degree supervisor.
  name:
    name part: Barker, Donald G.
    role:
      role term: committee member.
  name:
    name part: Dockweiler, Clarence J.
    role:
      role term: committee member.
  name:
    name part: Seaman, Anna C.
    role:
      role term: committee member.
  name:
    name part: Texas A & M University
    role:
      role term: degree granting institution.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Academic theses
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    date issued: 1990
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: ix, 107 leaves ; 29 cm
  abstract: The purpose of this investigation was to assess the reliability of the Classroom Observation System (COS) used in the Alternative Certification Program at Texas A&M University. Reliability of this pre-developed observation instrument was investigated thoroughly because observation has become an inevitable method to determine teacher effectiveness during the last decade. In this investigation, several recommendations for enhancing reliability of observation measures were synthesized from the literature and applied for establishing the reliability of the COS. Efforts included refining the COS through pilot testing and revision; conducting rigorous observer training; and using adequate sampling and data collection procedures. Subsequently, reliability measures were used to determine the effects of those efforts. In addition, the effects of varying sampling techniques and calculation algorithms on interobserver agreement were also investigated. Multiple assessments were applied to ensure that various aspects of observation when using the COS were investigated. Particular emphases were placed on observers' accuracy and stability, and the reliability and stability of observational measures. Results of this investigation indicate that observers can be trained to use the COS with acceptable levels of accuracy and stability. The overall reliability of the observational measures obtained by using the COS was found to be acceptable with the observational measures being stable across occasions. Finally, sampling techniques and calculation algorithms were found to affect the interobserver agreement coefficients which confirmed reports from other research findings.
  note: Typescript (photocopy).
  note: Vita.
  note: "Major subject: Curriculum and instruction."
  note: Ph. D. Texas A & M University 1990
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  subject:
    topic: Observation (Educational method)
  subject:
    topic: Interaction analysis in education
  subject:
    topic: Teachers
    topic: Rating of
  subject:
    topic: Major curriculum and instruction
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  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 910318
    record change date: 20200904152536.0
    record identifier: in00000990081
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng