Use of Multitrait-Multimethod Modelling to Validate Actual and Preferred Forms of the Technology-Rich Outcomes-Focused Learning Environment Inventory (TROFLEI)

Autor/inn/en	Aldridge, Jill M.; Dorman, Jeffrey P.; Fraser, Barry J.
Titel	Use of Multitrait-Multimethod Modelling to Validate Actual and Preferred Forms of the Technology-Rich Outcomes-Focused Learning Environment Inventory (TROFLEI)
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology, 4 (2004), S.110-125 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1446-5442
Schlagwörter	Multitrait Multimethod Techniques; Validity; High School Students; Factor Analysis; Classroom Environment; Measures (Individuals); Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gültigkeit; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Faktorenanalyse; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Messdaten; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	This paper describes the validation of actual and preferred forms of a new classroom environment instrument--the Technology-Rich Outcomes-Focused Learning Environment Inventory (TROFLEI)--using multitrait-multimethod modelling. The 80-item TROFLEI assesses 10 classroom environment dimensions: Student Cohesiveness, Teacher Support, Involvement, Investigation, Task Orientation, Cooperation, Equity, Differentiation, Computer Usage and Young Adult Ethos. A sample of 1,249 high school students from Western Australia and Tasmania responded to actual and preferred forms of the TROFLEI. Separate exploratory factor analyses for the actual and preferred forms supported the 10 scale "a priori" structure of the instrument. The use of multitrait-multimethod modelling with the 10 scales as traits and the two forms of the instrument as methods supported the TROFLEI's construct validity. The results of this research provide strong evidence of the sound psychometric properties of this new learning environment instrument. (Contains 7 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Newcastle. School of Education, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia. e-mail: ajedp@newcastle.edu.au; Web site: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/group/ajedp
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10