The IEA Classroom Environment Study
- 1st Edition, Volume 4 - October 22, 2013
- Latest edition
- Editors: Louise Anderson, D.W. Ryan, B.J. Shapiro
- Language: English
This book reports the design, execution, and results of a cross-national study of classrooms in eight countries. Students were administered tests and completed questionnaires at… Read more
This book reports the design, execution, and results of a cross-national study of classrooms in eight countries. Students were administered tests and completed questionnaires at the beginning and the end of the study. Teachers also completed questionnaires. Classrooms were visited by trained observers on the average of eight times during the study. The data were analyzed in a variety of ways: simple summaries, sequential analyses, and multivariate analyses. The results of these analyses are presented and discussed. Conclusions based on these findings as well as recommendations for further research are presented.
For researchers studying comparative education, classroom education, classroom instruction, teaching and school learning; also policymakers, ministers of education and deans of colleges of education.
Preface. An introduction to the classroom environment study. Variables, models and instruments. Descriptions of the participating countries. Descriptions of classroom teaching and school learning. Descriptions of lessons. The student variable model. The core model. Summary, conclusions and implications. References. Appendix A: national reports. Appendix B: an overview of partial least squares (PLS) analysis. Appendix C: an example of exploratory model analyses.
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- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Volume: 4
- Published: October 22, 2013
- Language: English
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Louise Anderson
Affiliations and expertise
University of South Carolina, USADR
D.W. Ryan
Affiliations and expertise
University of New Brunswick, CanadaBS
B.J. Shapiro
Affiliations and expertise
Ontario Ministry of Education, CanadaRead The IEA Classroom Environment Study on ScienceDirect