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Download full textGaffney, Patrick V.; Byrd-Gaffney, Sharon – 1996
The Pupil Control Ideology Form (PCI) is one of the major instruments used by researchers interested in the study of school climate. Pupil control is a central feature of the organizational life of schools, and each school appears to have a prevailing ideology of pupil control. The PCI is a self-report instrument used to measure an educator's…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Cross Cultural Studies, Discipline, Educational Environment
Gaffney, Patrick V. – 1997
A reliability analysis was conducted of an abbreviated, 10-item version of the Pupil Control Ideology Form (PCI), using the Cronbach's alpha technique (L. J. Cronbach, 1951) and the computation of the standard error of measurement. The PCI measures a teacher's orientation toward pupil control. Subjects were 168 preservice teachers from one private…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Error of Measurement, Higher Education
