Video-based research in a laboratory classroom: connecting learning to classroom interactions

Abstract

Sophisticated research approaches and tools are needed to investigate the complex processes involved in learning in classroom settings. The use of video technology to record classroom practices, in particular, can be a powerful way for capturing and studying learning within a naturalistic educational setting (Ulewicz & Beatty, 2001). The affordability of video technologies and computer processing power has given rise to the recent establishment of university-based or schoolbased classrooms equipped with video and audio facilities around the world, such as in the USA, the Netherlands, and China. The Smith Learning Theatre at Columbia University (https://lt.tc.columbia.edu), for example, can b..