Identifying Exemplary Science Teachers through Students' Perceptions of Their Learning Environment

Autor/inn/en	Waldrip, Bruce G.; Fisher, Darrell L.; Dorman, Jeffrey
Titel	Identifying Exemplary Science Teachers through Students' Perceptions of Their Learning Environment
Quelle	In: Learning Environments Research, 12 (2009) 1, S.1-13 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1387-1579
DOI	10.1007/s10984-008-9049-0
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; Construct Validity; Foreign Countries; Science Teachers; Classroom Environment; Questionnaires; Middle School Students; Interviews; Teacher Effectiveness; Science Instruction; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Fragebogen; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Australien
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to examine students' psychosocial perceptions of their science classroom learning environment in order to identify exemplary teachers. This mixed-method study used the valid and reliable What Is Happening In this Class? (WIHIC) questionnaire with over 3,000 middle school students in 150 classrooms in Australia. Exemplary teachers were defined as those whose students' perceptions were more than one standard deviation above the mean for three of the five scales of Student Cohesiveness, Teacher Support, Involvement, Task Orientation and Equity. The reliability of the WIHIC scales ranged from 0.75 to 0.87. Eta[superscript 2] showed that the WIHIC was able to distinguish between the perceptions of the students in the classroom. The construct validity of the WIHIC for identifying these exemplary teachers was confirmed through interviews with students and these views are reported in the article. (As Provided).
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