A comparison of methods of observation in preservice teacher training

This study tested the hypothesis that different techniques of classroom observation result in different degrees of learning by teachers-in-training. Specifically, it was predicted that kinescope recordings (prepared in advance) provide a more effective medium of observation than closed-circuit television and that TV observation is in turn more effective than the traditional procedure of direct observation in the classroom. The logical theoretical basis for this hypothesis and the special conditions of experimentation used in this study were elaborated.