Alex Harrop
Biographic Data
| ID | 5707029 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex Harrop |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex |
| FAMILY NAME | Harrop |
| SIGNATURE | HARROP A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Liverpool John Moores University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Natural rates of approval and disapproval in British infant, junior and secondary classrooms
Background. Investigations in the 1970s showed, amongst other findings, teachers giving more disapproval than approval to their pupils. In the late 1980s, different investigators, whilst concurring with other findings, found approval rates to be higher than disapproval at all school levels, an important finding in view of the number of investigations which have shown the positive value to pupils of contingent verbal approval and the negative or i…
Observer error in the use of momentary time sampling and partial interval recording
The accuracy of 60 first‐year psychology degree students using either the method of momentary time sampling (MTS) or partial interval recording (PIR) was estimated by agreement measures in an independent groups study. The purpose of the study was to investigate possible method differences in a design that maximized their comparability. After training, observers were randomly allocated to MTS or PIR methods and, after further practice, recorded ei…
Observer agreement calculations
By the use of momentary time‐sampling data obtained from a pair of observers, various indices of observer agreement were computed. An analysis of the results showed that conflicting claims could be made for the adequacy of the observers’ agreement levels depending upon which indices were used. By contrast, visual inspection of the primary data in contingency tables was seen to reveal full information without introducing any in‐built assumptions. …
Momentary time sampling with time series data
The accuracy of momentary time sampling was investigated as a function of (a) the emitted duration of instances of behaviour, and (b) the rate (probability) of emission of behaviour. A computer simulation randomly generated pseudo‐behaviours of durations 1, 10 and 20 notional seconds (constant within each condition) at probabilities of onset of 1/6 and 1/60. Twenty runs, each of one notional hour, were generated for each combination of duration a…
Modifying ‘Creative Writing’ in the Classroom
S ummary . The investigation was carried out in a comprehensive school from November to June of a school year with a class of 26 third‐year pupils of average ability. Behaviour modification techniques were used in an attempt to raise the pupils' performance in creative writing, using the variables fluency, elaboration and flexibility. Following a baseline phase in which the pupils' scores on the variables were neither rising nor falling, a proced…
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Modifying ‘Creative Writing’ in the Classroom
S ummary . The investigation was carried out in a comprehensive school from November to June of a school year with a class of 26 third‐year pupils of average ability. Behaviour modification techniques were used in an attempt to raise the pupils' performance in creative writing, using the variables fluency, elaboration and flexibility. Following a baseline phase in which the pupils' scores on the variables were neither rising nor falling, a proced…
Momentary time sampling with time series data
The accuracy of momentary time sampling was investigated as a function of (a) the emitted duration of instances of behaviour, and (b) the rate (probability) of emission of behaviour. A computer simulation randomly generated pseudo‐behaviours of durations 1, 10 and 20 notional seconds (constant within each condition) at probabilities of onset of 1/6 and 1/60. Twenty runs, each of one notional hour, were generated for each combination of duration a…
Observer agreement calculations
By the use of momentary time‐sampling data obtained from a pair of observers, various indices of observer agreement were computed. An analysis of the results showed that conflicting claims could be made for the adequacy of the observers’ agreement levels depending upon which indices were used. By contrast, visual inspection of the primary data in contingency tables was seen to reveal full information without introducing any in‐built assumptions. …
Observer error in the use of momentary time sampling and partial interval recording
The accuracy of 60 first‐year psychology degree students using either the method of momentary time sampling (MTS) or partial interval recording (PIR) was estimated by agreement measures in an independent groups study. The purpose of the study was to investigate possible method differences in a design that maximized their comparability. After training, observers were randomly allocated to MTS or PIR methods and, after further practice, recorded ei…
Natural rates of approval and disapproval in British infant, junior and secondary classrooms
Background. Investigations in the 1970s showed, amongst other findings, teachers giving more disapproval than approval to their pupils. In the late 1980s, different investigators, whilst concurring with other findings, found approval rates to be higher than disapproval at all school levels, an important finding in view of the number of investigations which have shown the positive value to pupils of contingent verbal approval and the negative or i…
Mathematics (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Statistics (5 works) · Behavioral and Psychological Studies (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Interval (graph theory) (2 works) · Observer (physics) (2 works) · Physics (2 works) · Sampling (signal processing) (2 works)