Examination of Data-processing Methods When Observing Interactions in Infancy and Early Childhood

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Examination of Data-processing Methods When Observing Interactions in Infancy and Early ChildhoodThis study consists of two parts. The first part is as follows; First, natural-situation relationships between mother and infant (six couples) were recorded by VTR. Second, the video tapes were checked by two observers using different methods. One method was that of recording observations by stop-watch and hand-written notes on observation sheets. The other was observations recorded by personal computer, i.e. pushing coded number keys. Contrary to our hypothesis, the numbers of data from hand-written notes were larger than those from computer records. We think very intensive training is necessary for accurate computer-recording of observations.The second part is as follows; First, theoretical frameworks based on the Markov model were critically examined to construct a more holistic and context-sensitive framework. Second, a situation of early childhood education was examined in detail, using the new framework above. Implications of these analyses were discussed.