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50 Years of ERIC
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Statistical Tests Conducted with School Environment Data: The Effect of Teachers Being Clustered in Schools
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Dorman, Jeffrey P. – Learning Environments Research, 2009
This article discusses the effect of clustering on statistical tests conducted with school environment data. Because most school environment studies involve the collection of data from teachers nested within schools, the hierarchical nature to these data cannot be ignored. In particular, this article considers the influence of intraschool…
Descriptors: Statistical Significance, Data Analysis, Educational Environment, Teacher Educators
Use of Multitrait-Multimethod Modelling to Validate Actual and Preferred Forms of the What Is Happening In this Class? (WIHIC) Questionnaire
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Dorman, Jeffrey P. – Learning Environments Research, 2008
This article describes the validation of scores on actual and preferred forms of the What Is Happening In this Class? (WIHIC). The WIHIC is a 56-item instrument that assesses seven classroom environment dimensions: Student Cohesiveness, Teacher Support, Involvement, Investigation, Task Orientation, Cooperation and Equity. A sample of 978 secondary…
Descriptors: Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Construct Validity, Foreign Countries, Psychometrics
Associations between Classroom Environment and Academic Efficacy.
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Dorman, Jeffrey P. – Learning Environments Research, 2001
Describes research that was conducted on associations between classroom psychosocial environment and academic efficacy based on a sample of mathematics students from Australian secondary schools. Discusses measures used and results from single and multiple correlation analyses that showed classroom environment relates positively with academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Correlation, Foreign Countries
The Development and Validation of an Instrument To Assess Institutional-Level Environment in Universities.
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Dorman, Jeffrey P. – Learning Environments Research, 1999
The "University-Level Environment Questionnaire" (ULEQ) was field-tested and validated on a sample of 489 academics from 52 departments in 28 Australian universities. The final form of the ULEQ consists of 42 items assigned to seven scales: Academic Freedom, Concern for Undergraduate Learning, Concern for Research and Scholarship, Empowerment,…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Environment, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods