Assessing School and Classroom Climate. A Consumer's Guide.

Autor/in	Arter, Judith A.
Institution	Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR.
Titel	Assessing School and Classroom Climate. A Consumer's Guide.
Quelle	(1987), (80 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Academic Achievement; Classroom Environment; Educational Environment; Elementary Secondary Education; Measurement Techniques; Outcomes of Education; School Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Messtechnik; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Schuleffizienz
Abstract	School and classroom climate is often cited in effective schools research as being important for student achievement. This consumer guide is intended to help educators evaluate their own educational climate by providing reviews and descriptions of the major tests and surveys used to assess climate. Section 2 presents reasons for examining school climate, including its relationship to student achievement, differences in the ways students and teachers view their ambience, the need to analyze hidden messages, growing evidence that change is possible, and climate's usefulness in evaluating curricula. Section 3 differentiates between school and classroom climate, discusses various definitions, and describes four categories of instrument subscales (relationships, personal development, system maintenance and change, and physical environment) based on Moos' psychosocial dimensions. Section 4 discusses ways to measure educational climate, focusing on shared perceptions obtained through paper and pencil surveys. Section 5 briefly mentions state-of-the-art research and discusses validity and usability issues involved with definitions, measurement, importance to student outcomes, and practicality. Because no simple guidelines exist, section 6 provides some standards of comparison when completing a profile of climate variables, and section 7 offers five steps on selecting educational climate measures. Included are 1 table, 38 references, and 4 appendices providing reviews of educational climate instruments, a summary table of instrument characteristics, a list of resources, and a checklist for selecting educational climate measures. (MLH)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01