Direct observation refers to the act of watching something or someone firsthand, without relying on second-hand information or interpretation. It involves using our own senses, like seeing or hearing, to gather information and draw conclusions.
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All my paintings start from
direct observation of landscape, often from the view outside of my studio window.
One might point out that our understanding of solar cycles comes
from direct observation of approximately only 250 - some years.
Your employer is responsible for ensuring that follow - up testing is conducted and completed, and your employer may have a policy that all follow - up tests are collected
under direct observation.
The chief techniques for gathering such data include mail questionnaires, interviews, retail store shelf audits, use of electronic scanners at retail checkout counters, and
direct observation in stores.
We can not prove that all current diversity of life was produced by evolution by natural selection because that would require a time machine
for direct observation.
Once a number of these potentially inhabited planets have been identified, the next logical step in exploration is to send remote exploratory probes to
make direct observations of these planets.
This system could provide an automated approach to monitoring bird species, instead of having a field researcher
doing direct observation.
We should be measuring the learning environments of schools
via direct observation, and assessing the content that schools are delivering to students.
The findings were consistent with a previous study based on
direct observation finding that 43 % of youth sports practice was spent being inactive.
Emerging systems for teacher evaluation
prioritize direct observation of teacher actions and serve as a major basis for teacher performance ratings.
To assess teaching quality inspectors must be «guided by the response and engagement of pupils» and
inspectors direct observations must be «supplemented by a range of other evidence».
Direct observation seems like such a simple tool, but if used properly it can be an extremely effective way of assessing students.
I wanted to paint the figure and interiors but no one was working from
direct observation so I made paintings that combined imagery with abstraction.
The scientists warn that their methodology is conservative, and based not just on sophisticated computer simulations of climate, but
also direct observations of climate extremes of temperature, drought and flood.
Maintain direct observation and a safe environment including helping the patient back to bed, preventing line removal and preventing the patient from falling.
The functional behavioral assessment process involves
gathering direct observation, record reviews, and indirect assessment information (via surveys, interviews and other types of information).
Parent report and your
own direct observation of child behavior are the best ways to assess the impact of traumatic events on young children.
They gathered information and data
using direct observation, visual documentation, and by interviewing residents and business owners.
Ask lots of questions and encourage children to use past experience and logic to arrive at their answers as well
as direct observations.
Based on
direct observations of conditions in local schools, for instance, some portions of the public may decide that whatever is being spent is not enough.
Many physicists are hopeful that LIGO will make the
first direct observation of gravitational waves in the next few years.
«They not only provide unprecedented insights into molecular and materials behavior — they do so in an especially satisfying fashion by
allowing direct observation of complex structural changes in real space and real time.