Categories
FIACS categorizes classroom interaction into three major sections: Teachertalk, Studenttalk, and Silence or confusion.1. Teachertalk:
Indirect influence:
- Accepting feeling
- Praising or encouraging
- Accepting ideas
- Asking questions
- Lecturing
- Giving directions
- Criticizing or justifying authority
- Responding to the teacher
- Initiating talk
- Handles anything else that is not teacher or student talk
Key Points
- FIACS measures only the verbal behavior of teachers.
- It is used to analyze the influence patterns of the teacher and distinguish between acts that increase or decrease pupils' freedom of action.
- This method is factual and scientific, allowing for systematic analysis of classroom interaction within 3 seconds or less.
- FIACS provides proper feedback to teachers and pupil teachers, helping them improve their teaching methods.
- It is an effective method to estimate the social and emotional atmosphere of the class.
- This method is also useful for inservice teachers.