Using the Stallings Observation System to Investigate Time on Task in Four Countries
This paper presents the history of the Stallings Observation System (SOS) and describes the adaptation of the SOS instrument, training for its use in international settings, and results from four countries of the World Bank International Time on Ta...
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okr-10986-206872021-04-23T14:03:58Z Using the Stallings Observation System to Investigate Time on Task in Four Countries Stallings, Jane A. Knight, Stephanie L. Markham, David ACHIEVEMENT TESTS ACTIVE LEARNING ADULTS AVERAGE CLASS SIZE AVERAGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS CHALKBOARD CITY SCHOOLS CLASS DISCUSSIONS CLASS PERIODS CLASS SIZES CLASS TIME CLASSROOM CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR CLASSROOM LEVEL CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT CLASSROOM SETTINGS CLASSROOM TEACHER CLASSROOM TEACHERS CLASSROOM TIME CLASSROOMS COLLEGES DEMONSTRATION EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS EFFECTIVE TEACHERS EFFECTIVE TEACHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES FIRST GRADES GIRLS GRADE LEVELS GRADING HEAD START HOMEWORK INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS INSTRUCTIONAL TIME INTERACTIVE INSTRUCTION KINDERGARTEN LEARNING LITERACY LITERACY RATE MATHEMATICS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS NUMBER OF TEACHERS PAPERS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT READING RESEARCHERS RURAL SCHOOLS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SCHOOL HEAD SCHOOL PROFILE SCHOOL TIME SCHOOLS SECONDARY CLASSROOMS SECONDARY STUDENTS SOCIAL STUDIES STAFF DEVELOPMENT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT TEACHERS SUBJECT AREAS SUBJECTS TEACHER TEACHER BEHAVIOR TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHER MANAGEMENT TEACHER MONITORING TEACHER PARTICIPATION TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TRAINEES TRAINING MATERIALS URBAN SCHOOL This paper presents the history of the Stallings Observation System (SOS) and describes the adaptation of the SOS instrument, training for its use in international settings, and results from four countries of the World Bank International Time on Task (ITOT) project. The ITOT project had three major goals: 1) to discover how instructional time is used at different levels in certain countries, particularly in rural and low income areas; 2) to identify obstacles to optimal use of instructional time; and 3) to encourage governments to take the necessary measures to provide students with optimal time for learning (Abadzi, Millot, & Prouty, 2004). In order to address ITOT at the classroom level, a pilot study in Tunisia was conducted that targeted four related objectives: 1) adaptation of the Stallings snapshot observation instrument for use in project classrooms; 2) design and implementation of training for observers; 3) determination of reliability and validity of observation procedures; and 4) generation of a sample profile of classrooms in a Tunisian elementary school. This paper summarizes the training and findings from the initial pilot study of time usage at the classroom level conducted in Tunisia in January, 2004 and the training and results from subsequent ITOT studies in four countries: Tunisia, Morocco, Ghana, and Brazil. More specifically, sections of the paper provide an overview of the research on effective use of instructional time using the Stallings instrument, description of the adaptation of the Stallings Snapshot observation instrument for use in the project, a summary of the training and procedures developed for the pilot study and implemented in four countries, and the results and conclusions from the observational studies in four countries. 2014-12-08T20:18:42Z 2014-12-08T20:18:42Z 2014-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20371434/using-stallings-observation-system-investigate-time-task-four-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20687 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research |
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ACHIEVEMENT TESTS ACTIVE LEARNING ADULTS AVERAGE CLASS SIZE AVERAGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS CHALKBOARD CITY SCHOOLS CLASS DISCUSSIONS CLASS PERIODS CLASS SIZES CLASS TIME CLASSROOM CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR CLASSROOM LEVEL CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT CLASSROOM SETTINGS CLASSROOM TEACHER CLASSROOM TEACHERS CLASSROOM TIME CLASSROOMS COLLEGES DEMONSTRATION EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS EFFECTIVE TEACHERS EFFECTIVE TEACHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES FIRST GRADES GIRLS GRADE LEVELS GRADING HEAD START HOMEWORK INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS INSTRUCTIONAL TIME INTERACTIVE INSTRUCTION KINDERGARTEN LEARNING LITERACY LITERACY RATE MATHEMATICS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS NUMBER OF TEACHERS PAPERS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT READING RESEARCHERS RURAL SCHOOLS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SCHOOL HEAD SCHOOL PROFILE SCHOOL TIME SCHOOLS SECONDARY CLASSROOMS SECONDARY STUDENTS SOCIAL STUDIES STAFF DEVELOPMENT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT TEACHERS SUBJECT AREAS SUBJECTS TEACHER TEACHER BEHAVIOR TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHER MANAGEMENT TEACHER MONITORING TEACHER PARTICIPATION TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TRAINEES TRAINING MATERIALS URBAN SCHOOL |
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ACHIEVEMENT TESTS ACTIVE LEARNING ADULTS AVERAGE CLASS SIZE AVERAGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS CHALKBOARD CITY SCHOOLS CLASS DISCUSSIONS CLASS PERIODS CLASS SIZES CLASS TIME CLASSROOM CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR CLASSROOM LEVEL CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT CLASSROOM SETTINGS CLASSROOM TEACHER CLASSROOM TEACHERS CLASSROOM TIME CLASSROOMS COLLEGES DEMONSTRATION EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS EFFECTIVE TEACHERS EFFECTIVE TEACHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES FIRST GRADES GIRLS GRADE LEVELS GRADING HEAD START HOMEWORK INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS INSTRUCTIONAL TIME INTERACTIVE INSTRUCTION KINDERGARTEN LEARNING LITERACY LITERACY RATE MATHEMATICS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS NUMBER OF TEACHERS PAPERS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT READING RESEARCHERS RURAL SCHOOLS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SCHOOL HEAD SCHOOL PROFILE SCHOOL TIME SCHOOLS SECONDARY CLASSROOMS SECONDARY STUDENTS SOCIAL STUDIES STAFF DEVELOPMENT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT TEACHERS SUBJECT AREAS SUBJECTS TEACHER TEACHER BEHAVIOR TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHER MANAGEMENT TEACHER MONITORING TEACHER PARTICIPATION TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TRAINEES TRAINING MATERIALS URBAN SCHOOL Stallings, Jane A. Knight, Stephanie L. Markham, David Using the Stallings Observation System to Investigate Time on Task in Four Countries |
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This paper presents the history of the
Stallings Observation System (SOS) and describes the
adaptation of the SOS instrument, training for its use in
international settings, and results from four countries of
the World Bank International Time on Task (ITOT) project.
The ITOT project had three major goals: 1) to discover how
instructional time is used at different levels in certain
countries, particularly in rural and low income areas; 2) to
identify obstacles to optimal use of instructional time; and
3) to encourage governments to take the necessary measures
to provide students with optimal time for learning (Abadzi,
Millot, & Prouty, 2004). In order to address ITOT at the
classroom level, a pilot study in Tunisia was conducted that
targeted four related objectives: 1) adaptation of the
Stallings snapshot observation instrument for use in project
classrooms; 2) design and implementation of training for
observers; 3) determination of reliability and validity of
observation procedures; and 4) generation of a sample
profile of classrooms in a Tunisian elementary school. This
paper summarizes the training and findings from the initial
pilot study of time usage at the classroom level conducted
in Tunisia in January, 2004 and the training and results
from subsequent ITOT studies in four countries: Tunisia,
Morocco, Ghana, and Brazil. More specifically, sections of
the paper provide an overview of the research on effective
use of instructional time using the Stallings instrument,
description of the adaptation of the Stallings Snapshot
observation instrument for use in the project, a summary of
the training and procedures developed for the pilot study
and implemented in four countries, and the results and
conclusions from the observational studies in four countries. |
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Publications & Research :: Working Paper |
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Stallings, Jane A. Knight, Stephanie L. Markham, David |
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Stallings, Jane A. Knight, Stephanie L. Markham, David |
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Stallings, Jane A. |
| title |
Using the Stallings Observation System to Investigate Time on Task in Four Countries |
| title_short |
Using the Stallings Observation System to Investigate Time on Task in Four Countries |
| title_full |
Using the Stallings Observation System to Investigate Time on Task in Four Countries |
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Using the Stallings Observation System to Investigate Time on Task in Four Countries |
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Using the Stallings Observation System to Investigate Time on Task in Four Countries |
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using the stallings observation system to investigate time on task in four countries |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20371434/using-stallings-observation-system-investigate-time-task-four-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20687 |
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