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dc.contributor.authorAldridge, Jill
dc.contributor.authorFraser, Barry
dc.contributor.authorBell, Lisa
dc.contributor.authorDorman, J.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:59:13Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:59:13Z
dc.date.created2013-03-26T20:00:53Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationAldridge, Jill M. and Fraser, Barry J. and Bell, Lisa and Dorman, Jeffrey. 2012. Using a New Learning Environment Questionnaire for Reflection in Teacher Action Research. Journal of Science Teacher Education. 23 (1): pp. 259-290.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17039
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10972-012-9268-1
dc.description.abstract

This article reports the development, validation and use of an instrument designed to provide teachers with feedback information, based on students’ perceptions, about their classroom environments. The instrument was developed to provide teachers with feedback that they could use to reflect on their teaching practices and, in turn, guide the implementation of strategies to improve their learning environments. To determine the validity and reliability of the new instrument, data from 2043 grade 11 and 12 students from 147 classes in 9 schools were analysed. The Rasch model was used to convert data collected using a frequency response scale into interval data that are suitable for parametric analyses. During an action research process, reflective journals, written feedback, discussions at a forum and interviews with eight teachers helped to illuminate the processes used by teachers during action research. This article reports the views of these teachers in general and examines more closely how one of the teachers used student responses to the learning environment questionnaire as a tool for reflection and as a guide in transforming her classroom environment. This case study helped us to gauge the extent to which action research based on students’ perceptions of the learning environment was useful in guiding teachers’ improvements of their classroom learning environments.

dc.publisherKluwer Academic Publishers
dc.subjectStudent feedback
dc.subjectLearning environments
dc.subjectAction research
dc.subjectConstructivist-Oriented Learning Environment Survey (COLES)
dc.subjectScience teachers
dc.titleUsing a New Learning Environment Questionnaire for Reflection in Teacher Action Research
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume23
dcterms.source.startPage259
dcterms.source.endPage290
dcterms.source.issn1046560X
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Science Teacher Education
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