A Factor-Analytic Validity Study of the Blumberg-Amidon "Teacher Perceptions of Supervisor-Teacher Conferences" Instrument.

Autor/inn/en	Sirois, Herman A.; Gable, Robert K.
Titel	A Factor-Analytic Validity Study of the Blumberg-Amidon "Teacher Perceptions of Supervisor-Teacher Conferences" Instrument.
Quelle	(1977), (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Behavior Rating Scales; Conferences; Factor Analysis; Scoring; Supervisors; Teacher Administrator Relationship; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Supervision; Test Reliability; Test Validity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Faktorenanalyse; Bewertung; Lehrerverhalten; Testreliabilität; Testvalidität
Abstract	An instrument, developed in 1965 by Arthur Blumberg and Edmund Amidon to measure teacher perceptions of supervisory conferences, has presented problems of reliability to researchers. The problem has stemmed from the lack of a valid and reliable scoring method for the instrument. The instrument was administered to 31 in-service teachers, Grades K-12, randomly selected from a larger group involved in a program of supervision. The data were subjected to factor analysis and subsequent alpha internal reliability estimates. It was found that the Blumberg-Amidon instrument is a two-factor or two-scale measure which may also be interpreted as a one-scale measure, each with a high degree of reliability. The instrument is important and valuable to the study of educational supervision and its optional scoring methods render it extremely flexible over a wide range of research interests and needs. The instrument is included. (Author/MV)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC