The Social Context of Urban Classrooms: Measuring Student Psychological Climate

Autor/inn/en	Frazier, Stacy L.; Mehta, Tara G.; Atkins, Marc S.; Glisson, Charles; Green, Philip D.; Gibbons, Robert D.; Kim, Jong Bae; Chapman, Jason E.; Schoenwald, Sonja K.; Cua, Grace; Ogle, Robert R.
Titel	The Social Context of Urban Classrooms: Measuring Student Psychological Climate
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 35 (2015) 5-6, S.759-789 (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/0272431615570056
Schlagwörter	Social Environment; Urban Schools; Classroom Environment; Student Surveys; Item Response Theory; Predictive Validity; Psychological Patterns; Grade 3; Grade 4; Grade 5; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Elementary School Students; Middle School Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziales Umfeld; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Schülerbefragung; Item-Response-Theorie; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin
Abstract	Classrooms are unique and complex work settings in which teachers and students both participate in and contribute to classroom processes. This article describes the measurement phase of a study that examined the social ecology of urban classrooms. Informed by the dimensions and items of an established measure of organizational climate, we designed the Student Climate Survey (n = 53 items) to assess student psychological climate in third through eighth grades. We administered the survey to 621 students at three time points within one school year in 69 classrooms within eight urban schools. A multidimensional item response theory (IRT) analysis based on a full-information item bifactor model revealed 18 items that loaded on a primary factor and demonstrated good criterion and predictive validity. Opportunities for the Student Climate Survey to advance our contextual understanding of urban classrooms and inform intervention are discussed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01