ABSTRACT

School playgrounds offer ample opportunity to observe the unstructured free-play of school-aged children; however, obtaining valid observations can be difficult to accomplish. Recent technological advances in commercially available aerial drones have the potential to contribute to behavior observation work conducted on playground settings. This study compared video recordings from an aerial drone and a tripod-mounted video camera. Behavior observations coded from the videos showed practical equivalence when analyzed using a Bayesian statistic. Results of the study are discussed and practical ethical issues are considered for future research using aerial drones to observe behavior.

摘要

学校操场为观察学龄儿童的非结构化自由游戏提供了充足的机会；然而，获得有效的观察结果可能很难实现。商用空中无人机的最新技术进步有可能为在操场上进行的行为观察工作做出贡献。这项研究比较了空中无人机和安装在三脚架上的摄像机的视频记录。当使用贝叶斯统计进行分析时，从视频中编码的行为观察显示出实际的等效性。讨论了研究结果，并考虑了未来使用空中无人机观察行为的研究的实际伦理问题。