ERIC Number: EJ1136709
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Jul
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-1931-4744
EISSN: N/A
A Measure to Assess Student-Instructor Relationships
Creasey, Gary; Jarvis, Patricia; Knapcik, Elyse
International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, v3 n2 Article 14 Jul 2009
There is a need for an instrument that assesses student-instructor relationships as many experts speculate that close, non-threatening relationships between students and instructors predict positive achievement orientations, academic progress and success. In this paper, we present reliability and additional validity data concerning the Student-Instructor Relationship Scale, a 36-item inventory we developed that taps student-instructor relationship connectedness and anxiety. In the first study, college students completed this instrument twice over a 3-4 week time period and the instrument subscales possessed good test-retest reliability. In the second study, the subscales of the SIRS were associated with student perceptions of test anxiety in a randomly determined class. As predicted, student-instructor connectedness was negatively associated with test anxiety and student-instructor anxiety was positively associated with this construct. Study implications and suggestions for future research are offered.
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Measures (Individuals), Test Reliability, Test Validity, College Students, College Faculty, Test Anxiety, Student Attitudes, Anxiety, Likert Scales, Learning Strategies, Questionnaires, Rating Scales, Factor Analysis
Centers for Teaching & Technology at Georgia Southern University. IJ-SoTL, Georgia Southern University, Henderson Library 1301, Statesboro, GA 30460. e-mail: sotlij@georgiasouthern.edu; Web site: http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ij-sotl/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire; Student Teacher Relationship Scale
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A