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OBSERVATION DEVICE FOR CHARTING VERBAL INTERACTIONS WHILE MONITORING GENDER EQUITY. This observation device is designed to collect data in four categories of verbal interactions. They are: teacher questions teacher responses student questions student responses Teacher responses can be expanded to include positive (+) or negative (-) responses. Charting verbal interactions is particularly appropriate when a lesson involves discussion, question and answer recitation, or other methods that require numerous verbal interchanges between the teacher and students. Student participation can easily be checked from the data collected. A box is used to represent each student present. An X in a box indicates an empty seat. If the teacher uses a seating chart, the students’ names or initials can be put in the appropriate boxes ahead of time, as well as an indicator of sex, male or female. Arrows are used to indicate the flow of verbal interaction. The base of the arrow indicates the person who initiates the verbal interaction, and the arrowhead points to the person to whom the comment is directed. A question mark (Q) on the arrow indicates a question while (+) or (-) indicates a positive or negative teacher response. For example: …..Indicates three interactions… a teacher question, a teacher , a teacher positive response and a student response. Rich, a male student. Recording should be done for a minimum of 15 minutes. REINFORCEMENT DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES The observer documents the reinforcement given by the teacher for a specific time interval (10 minutes). After the observation, the observer marks the reinforcement according to the four categories explained below: P - reinforcement was positive without behavioral explanation (Good! Nice job!) PB - reinforcement was