The phrase "active observation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is engaged in observing something attentively and purposefully, often in research or learning scenarios.
Example: "Through active observation, the researchers were able to gather valuable data on the behavior of the subjects."
Alternatives: "engaged observation" or "intentional observation".
In each category, we were looking for evidence that students were involved in the lab, either through direct participation in the activity (as evidenced by verbal and motor behavior) or through active observation of the activity (as evidenced by direction of gaze and affect).
This requires mindfulness — constant presence of mind, "the attentiveness and hereness that is so essential for real active observation of the world".
Surgical assessment units with dedicated middle grade surgical support allowed for active observation of patients who might potentially require emergency surgery.
Interestingly, Sakata et al. [8] have described neuronal discharges in the monkey in response to both passive and active observation of objects with graspable shapes (e.g., cylinder, cube).
Type of Cancer Detected according to the Criteria of Epstein Needing Treatment or Active Observation.
The majority of these cancers were low grade, small volume tumors which would be treated with active observation.
For instance, Hsu et al. (2013) discussed the mega-splay fault system detected by an MCS survey and tsunamigenic faults such as the 1771 Meiwa Tsunami, while Arai et al. (2016) investigated the fault structure and seismic activity on the basis of passive and active observations in the southern Ryukyu Trench.
Mealtime socialization may be a particularly powerful influence, as youth learn about eating through active observations of their relatives and direct participation in mealtime practices.
Each client who was not arrested or rearrested was followed until either the end of his 10.5 year observation window or the end of 2000 (when all active observations were censored).
In this section, we introduce four approaches: pre-observation, active self-observation, real-time observation with additional cameras, and their combinations.
The approach to support organizational learning from pro-active monitoring (activities observations) and deficiencies revealed (outcomes observations) in process-safety incident investigations is proposed.
