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School Climate: A Review of the Construct, Measurement, and Impact on Student Outcomes
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Wang, Ming-Te; Degol, Jessica L. – Educational Psychology Review, 2016
The construct of school climate has received attention as a way to enhance student achievement and reduce problem behaviors. The purpose of this article is to evaluate the existing literature on school climate and to bring to light the strengths, weakness, and gaps in the ways researchers have approached the construct. The central information in…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Measurement, Academic Achievement, Outcomes of Education
Toward Practical Procedures for Predicting and Promoting Success in Virtual School Students
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Roblyer, M. D.; Davis, Lloyd; Mills, Steven C.; Marshall, Jon; Pape, Liz – American Journal of Distance Education, 2008
Two lines of research have emerged to study the causes and prevention of student failure in virtual (K-12) schools: studies of learner characteristics and studies of learning environment characteristics. To develop a useful model for predicting failure and promoting success in virtual school environments, a study was designed to measure the…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Student Attitudes, Educational Technology, Models
An Ecological Perspective and Model for Campus Design
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Banning, James H.; Kaiser, Leland – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1974
The authors introduce the concept of "ecosystems." An ecosystem is one in which there is a true transaction between mutually dependent partners, with the assumption on college campuses that either may change so that mutual benefit may result. A model for bringing about change is presented, and methodology for using the model is described.…
Descriptors: Campus Planning, College Environment, Ecology, Educational Environment
The Turbulent Field of Public School Administration.
Conners, Dennis A.; Reed, Donald B. – Executive Review, 1983
Business and industry have exerted a strong influence on public schools and school administration, especially on assumptions about the school setting and its implications for administrator behavior. Schools have been assumed to be bureaucratic organizations in a stable environment, which implies that administrators should be leaders in…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Bureaucracy, Educational Environment
The Operationalization of the Needs-Press Model: A Critique.
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May, Carolyn S. – 1987
The needs-press model, as operationalized by the Stern Activities Index (AI) and the Organizational Climate Index (OCI), was examined for its usefulness in evaluating and measuring organizational climate in a school setting. According to the model, needs represents personality and press represents the environment. This research was designed to…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Educational Environment, Elementary Schools
Student Engagement with School: Individual and School-Level Influences. Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth. Research Report.
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Fullarton, Sue – 2002
The engagement of young Australians with school and individual and school-level influences on student engagement (defined as participation in extracurricular activities) were examined by analyzing data from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth. Being female, being from a higher socioeconomic background, and having professional parents were…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Persistence, Definitions, Education Work Relationship