This report details the development and execution of a pilot study investigating the influence of pedagogical experience on assessing student comprehension from nonverbal communication. The literary review identifies gaps in the current body of knowledge pertaining to teacher decoding of student nonverbal communication. The literary review also identifies instruments and procedures used in current nonverbal behavior research which will benefit the pilot study. After describing the instruments and procedure, the report presents the pilot study's results from interviewing six subjects. Using the results and recommendations from the study's subjects, the report recommends an instrument and procedure to conduct a full experiment. / text