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Factors that were inhibiting in this study with regard to the observation were these:
1. Difficulty of obtaining observers necessitated
continual retraining of new observers. A total
of fifteen observers was used over the two month
period.
2. Some teachers were comfortable being observed and
some were overanxious.
3. Some of the control teachers possessed skills that
were very similar to the ones being developed in the module. Therefore, they achieved a high rating on the instrument.
4. Some behaviors that were changed as a result of
the module were not observable.
5. Times chosen for the observation may have been
inappropriate for teachers to demonstrate skills
learned in the module.
6. The instrument was designed for this study and
had not had sufficient field-testing.
The results of comparison group 05<01 were especially significant to the researcher. In this comparison, the control group had no exposure to modules or related training materials previous to the study. The experimental group, which also had no exposure to modules previous to the study, showed great enthusiasm in working through this module. In fact, four members of this group designed a special interest curriculum for their school following