title: Simplifying continuous monitoring of multiple-response/multiple-subject classroom interactions.
abstract: In order to facilitate the field monitoring of three subjects interacting according to one or more of 18 response categories, a modified version of several available, but oftentimes mechanically incompatible, observational procedures was designed. Its continuous recording strategy, sectioned into one-minute observational units, enabled researchers to derive highly representative behavior samples, and when accompanied by the specially tailored coding form and recording apparatus, observers achieved over 90% agreement across all reliability sessions. This procedure provides applied researchers with a simple, highly reliable, and adaptable observation tool for continuously and simultaneously monitoring the behaviors of one or more subjects.
authors.affiliation: The University of Kansas.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Skrtic
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Sepler