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Appendix D Videotape Analysis |
| Purpose: This tape analysis is an opportunity for you to examine how
you interact with students. The
research on teaching has consistently shown that teachers interact
differently with some groups of students.
A teacher may treat boys and girls quite differently or may
interact differently with students they perceive to be high or low
achievers. Such differences
in interaction can have a profound negative effect on student learning
even though they are unintentional or well intentioned.
This analysis is an opportunity for you to learn to systematically
examine your own interaction with different groups within your class.
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| Lesson
Selection and Taping: Choose a lesson that
clearly shows teacher to student interaction in which students are
investigating concepts and/or developing skills.
Videotape the entire lesson. You
will need to set the camera up so you can see and hear as many students as
possible. Select a lesson
segment of at least 15 –20 minutes to analyze. The selected portion
should provide an opportunity to analyze numerous teacher student
interactions. |
| Directions: You will gather one set of data from the tape and analyze the
data in two ways. First, you will choose a characteristic from the list
below and analyze the data from that perspective.
You may choose whichever of the characteristics listed below is
most meaningful for you. If
there is racial/ethnic diversity in the class, you will complete your
second analysis of the same data using racial/ethnic diversity as the
characteristic. If ALL students are from the same racial/ethnic group, you
will choose a different characteristic from the list below for the second
analysis. |
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1.
Choose any one of the following characteristics for your analysis.
Each characteristic is followed by the subgroups we recommend that you use
in your analysis.
a. Gender (Boy, Girl)
Performer) d. If you believe another subgroup would be more meaningful, please consult your
instructor
for approval. |
| 2.
Use Form D-1 to create a data collection chart.
Enter every student’s name in the first column of Form D-1.
If a student is absent for the analyzed lesson, put a big X across
the data section of the student’s line in the chart. |
| 3.
As you watch the selected segment of the tape, use the data
collection chart (Form D-1) to record the appropriate interaction codes in
the data sections of the chart. Use the following codes to record each interaction in the
lesson segment you are analyzing. |
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Interaction Codes C
= teacher calls on student to respond A
= student responds to a teacher question/direction correctly W
= student responds to a teacher question/direction incorrectly or
incompletely NR
= student does not respond to a teacher question/direction P
= teacher praise or positive feedback for academic response V
= student asks a question or offers a relevant comment X
= student makes an inappropriate comment M
= Teacher makes a management comment to correct student (positively or
negatively phrased) S
= Teacher praises student behavior O
= other (please note nature of interaction on data collection chart) |
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