DESCRIPTORS *Classroom Observation Techniques; Codificatioh; Data

The correct assessment of observable'student behavior is an important tool in the ongoing education process. Whetilef the setting is a/classroom, a field experience, an activity, or a residential treatment center, proper evaluation techniques; all provide information for the determination of policies and programs. The Flexible Observation Instrument for Student Behavior (FOISB) uses different variables andd.ncorporatesgthem into a code which--facilitates recording and allows the observing teacher, to Move from one student to the next in a relatively short interval of time. FOISB is particularly valuable in the evaluation o field experiences because of the short time fit takes to recor,,he.needed,data. The observer records the child's behavior accord "to (a) with whom. he/she is interacting, (b) 'the child's genera,z>behavior, and (0 the specifib nature of the behavior. The first two behaviors recorded are used to determine the,third. more specific behavior from a list o