The study investigates the relationship of theoretically relevant variables to student attitudes toward mathematics. Data on student, teacher, and learning environment variables hypothesized to be related to attitude toward mathematics were collected from 2,000 students and their math teachers at grades four, seven and nine. Over 130 variables…

The evidence for the construct validity of classroom climate measures was examined within a theoretical model where several affective measures served as criterion variables. The patterns of social-psychological and management-organization structural dimensions differed when the unit of analysis varied from the individual to the class. The…

A model for educational supervisors which attempts to link management theory to learning is demonstrated. With teachers today having greater autonomy in selecting appropriate content and methods, supervisors should focus on two tasks: they should become more involved with teachers in selecting goals and become more adept in monitoring the…