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Fraser, Barry J.; O'Brien, Peter – Elementary School Journal, 1985
Focuses on student and teacher perceptions of psychosocial characteristics of the elementary school classroom environment. Profiles, comparing actual and preferred classroom environments, were assessed using the following five dimensions of the My Class Inventory (short form) (Fisher and Fraser): satisfaction, friction, competitiveness,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Educational Research, Perception
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Fraser, Barry J.; And Others – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1989
Describes the development and validation of a short form of the My Class Inventory (MCI) assessing classroom psychosocial environment. Reports a case study involving the use of the short form of MCI in attempts to improve a sixth-grade mathematics class. Provides all 25 items of the short version of MCI. (YP)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
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Morrison, Thomas L. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1979
Fourth- through sixth-grade classrooms were observed, and a social climate questionnaire and the Test Anxiety Scale for Children were administered. Analysis of variance showed that high-structured classrooms had the most work involvement. Both high child activity and low control by teachers were related to more active deviancy. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques