Conceptualizing and Measuring Commitment to High School Teaching.

Tyree, Alexander K.

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Publication Date: 1996

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Conceptualizing and Measuring Commitment to High School Teaching.

Tyree, Alexander K.

Journal of Educational Research, v89 n5 p295-304 May-Jun 1996

Reports a study that explored the measurement of likely dimensions of commitment to teaching, drawing on commitment theory and conceptualization. Items from the Administrator and Teacher Survey of 1984 were used to analyze factor models of increasing dimensionality. Results indicated that a multidimensional measurement of commitment is warranted. (Author/SM)

Descriptors: High Schools, Multidimensional Scaling, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Student Relationship

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Language: English

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