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Autor/inn/en | Treagust, David F.; Fraser, Barry J. |
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Titel | Validation and Application of the College and University Classroom Environment Inventory (CUCEI). |
Quelle | (1986), (25 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Classroom Environment; Classroom Research; Correlation; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Locus of Control; Measurement Techniques; Outcomes of Education; Questionnaires; Seminars; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Test Construction; Test Reliability; Test Validity; Australia |
Abstract | This paper describes the development, validation, and use of a research instrument, the College and University Classroom Environment Inventory (CUCEI), designed to assess the environment of small higher education classrooms. The instrument evaluates students' or instructors' perceptions of the following seven psychosocial dimensions of actual or preferred classroom environment: personalization, involvement, student cohesiveness, satisfaction, task orientation, innovation, and individualization. Administration of the CUCEI to 372 students in 34 classes and to 20 instructors attested to the internal consistency reliability and discriminant validity of the actual and preferred forms with either the individual or the class mean as the unit of analysis, and supported the ability of the actual form to differentiate between the perceptions of students in different classrooms. A research application of the CUCEI involving associations between student outcomes and classroom environment tentatively suggested that the nature of the classroom environment affects outcomes. Another research application suggested that both students and instructors preferred a more favorable classroom environment than the one actually present, and that instructors viewed classroom environments more positively than did their students in the same classrooms. Desirable future applications of the CUCEI for research purposes and in improving teaching in higher education are considered. A copy of the inventory and a three-page list of references are included in the appendix. (JAZ) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |