International Journal of Education and Development using ICT

International Journal of Education and Development using ICT > Vol. 12, No. 3 (2016)

Evaluating classroom interaction with the iPad®: An updated Stalling’s tool

Gregory Rodney MacKinnon, Acadia University, Canada
Lourens Schep, Acadia University, Canada
Lisa Lunney Borden, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Anne Murray-Orr, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Jeff Orr, St. Francis Xavier University
Paula MacKinnon, MindBloom Consulting, Canada

Abstract
The Stalling’s classroom observation tool (Stallings & Kaskowitz 1974) has been modified and supplemented with qualitative observation scales. In an effort to promote efficiency of observation and data collection, the tool has been reconfigured as an iPad® application. The pilot study described herein has established that the tool has both a good measure of reliability and validity.

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