Flander's interaction analysis is a technique for analyzing classroom interactions between teachers and students. It involves encoding verbal exchanges into categories to quantify dimensions like communication, coordination, and integration. Flander developed 10 categories to classify teacher talk, student talk, and silence. The process involves an observer encoding exchanges in real-time, then decoding the data through matrices to analyze proportions of interaction types and identify constructive vs vicious interaction cycles. Advantages include providing teachers feedback to improve instructional quality and measuring social-emotional climate.

1. Flander’s interaction analysisSubmitted byJ. Selvabarady

2. Dimension of interactionAccording to Daniel G. Bobrow, there are three dimensions of interaction.1.communication2. Coordination3. Integration

3. Interaction Analysis:Interaction analysis is a processs of encoding and decoding the study pattern of teaching and learning.

4. A typical system for interaction analysis will usually include,A set of categories, each defined clearlyA procedure for observation and a set of ground rulesSteps for tabulating data in order to arrange a displaySuggestions which can be followed in some of the more common applications.

5. Classroom interaction analysis:According to Dr. S.K. Thakur, classroom interaction analysis may be defined as “an instrument which is designed to record categories of verbal interaction during, or from, recorded teaching learning sessions. It is a technique for capturing qualitative and quantitative dimensions of teacher’s verbal behavior in the classroom.”

6. Flander’s System of Interaction Analysis:Flanders’ system is an observational tool used to classify the verbal behavior of teachers, and pupils as they interact in the classroom

7. Basic theoretical assumptions of interaction analysisPredominance of verbal communicationHigher reliability of verbal behaviourConsistency of verbal statementsTeacher’s influenceRelation between student and teacherRelation between social climate and productivityRelation between classroom climate and learningUse of observational techniqueRole of feedbackExpression through verbal statement

8. Flander's Interaction Analysis Categories (FIAC)Teacher talkAccepts feelingPraises or encouragesAccepts or uses ideas of pupilsAsks questionsLecturingGiving directionsCriticising or justifying authorityPupil talk8. Pupil-talk response9. Pupil-talk initiationSilence10. Silence or confusion

9. Procedure of Flander’s Interaction Analysis:There are two process Encoding processDecoding processEncoding Process:Memorize the code number

10. Place of sitting

11. Recording the category numberGround rules to be observed in encoding process:Rule 1:When it is not certain in which of two or more categories a statement belongs, choose the category that is numerically farthest from the category 5. Rule2: Not to shift into opposite classificationRule3:An observer must not concern with his own biases or with the teacher’s intent.

12. Decoding process:Tabulating a matrix:

13. Interpreting the matrix:

14. The proportion of teacher talk, pupil talk, and silence or confusion

15. The ratio between indirect influence and direct influence

16. The ratio between positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement

17. Student’s participation ratio

18. Steady state cell

19. Content cross cell

20. Constructive integration cells and vicious cellsAdvantages of FIACDr. M.B. Buch says, it is “ a bold step in the right direction to improve the quality of education.”Feedback to the teacher

21. Observation technique for classroom behaviour

22. Useful for theory of teaching

23. Effective diagnostic tool to measure the social-emotional climate in the classroom