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Differences in School Climate and Student Engagement in China and the United States
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Bear, George G.; Yang, Chunyan; Chen, Dandan; He, Xianyou; Xie, Jia-Shu; Huang, Xishan – School Psychology Quarterly, 2018
Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine differences between American and Chinese students in their perceptions of school climate and engagement in school, and in the relation between school climate and engagement. Method: Confirmatory factor analyses were used to support the factor structure and measurement invariance of the two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Educational Environment, Learner Engagement
Using Multilevel Factor Analysis with Clustered Data: Investigating the Factor Structure of the Positive Values Scale
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Huang, Francis L.; Cornell, Dewey G. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2016
Advances in multilevel modeling techniques now make it possible to investigate the psychometric properties of instruments using clustered data. Factor models that overlook the clustering effect can lead to underestimated standard errors, incorrect parameter estimates, and model fit indices. In addition, factor structures may differ depending on…
Descriptors: Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals)
Relations between Third Grade Teachers' Depressive Symptoms and Their Feedback to Students, with Implications for Student Mathematics Achievement
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McLean, Leigh; Connor, Carol McDonald – School Psychology Quarterly, 2018
Recent studies have observed connections among teachers' depressive symptoms and student outcomes; however, the specific mechanisms through which teachers' mental health characteristics operate in the classroom remain largely unknown. The present study used student-level observation methods to examine the relations between third-grade teachers' (N…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Grade 3, Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Measuring Effective Teacher-Student Interactions from a Student Perspective: A Multilevel Analysis
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Downer, Jason T.; Stuhlman, Megan; Schweig, Jonathan; Martínez, José Felipe; Ruzek, Erik – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2015
This study applies multi-level analysis to student reports of effective teacher-student interactions in 50 upper elementary school classrooms (N = 594 fourth- and fifth-grade students). Observational studies suggest that teacher-student interactions fall into three domains: Emotional Support, Classroom Organization, and Instructional Support.…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 4
Relationship between Professional Learning Community, Bureaucratic Structure and Organisational Trust in Primary Education Schools
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Kalkan, Fatma – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2016
This research uses relational survey method to determine the relationship between professional learning community, bureaucratic structure and organisational trust according to the perceptions of teachers who work in primary education schools. Data were collected from 805 teachers who work in primary education schools in the districts (Altindag,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Surveys, Communities of Practice
Development and Validation of Science Homework Scale for Middle-School Students
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Tas, Yasemin; Sungur, Semra; Oztekin, Ceren – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2016
The aim of this study was to develop and validate Science Homework Scale (SHS) which assesses middle-school (grades 6-8) students' perceptions of teachers' homework practices and homework self-regulation in science. Students' perceptions of teachers' homework practices included homework quality and feedback on homework while students' homework…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Homework, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods