A Note on the Validity of the Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory (MTAI)

Abstract

Student teachers who scored high on the MTAI were rated more favorably by secondary school students who did not plan to attend college than by students who planned to attend college. The teachers who scored low on the MTAI were rated more favorably by their college-bound students.     

Teacher attitudes and personality

The Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory (MTAI), the Edwards Personal Preferences Schedule (EPPS), and the Vocational Preferences Inventory (VPI) were administered to 183 undergraduate students enrolled in teacher education courses. The MTAI was compared with each of the two personality instruments by canonical analysis. The MTAI shared 20% of its variance with the EPPS and 17% with the VPI. It was concluded that teachers' attitudes are partially determined by measurable personality variables.     

The Extent of the Use of the Left Hand in Handwriting

Abstract

Four representative Educational Psychology classes (N =139) were drawn from the fall semester offering of a large Midwestern teachers college. Two additional classes (N = S3) were selected from a small Eastern liberal arts school also training teachers.

At the beginning of the semester, all subjects were administered measures of intrinsic parental acceptance (Ausubel Parent Attitude Rating Scale), manifest anxiety (AT scale of MMPI), attitudes toward teaching (MTAI), attitudes about the value of professional education (SEAS), and authoritarianism (California F Scale). Measures of academic aptitude (ACT, SCAT) and academic achievement (GPA) were secured from the college records. At the end of the same semester, subjects completed a student information sheet and a second measure of their attitudes toward teaching (MTAI).

Significant correlations were obtained between parental acceptance scores and each of the following measures; manifest anxiety, attitudes toward teaching, and attitudes toward professional education. Male overachievers were found to have significantly lower parental acceptance than male underachievers. No significant relationships were found between parental acceptance and attitude shift or authoritarianism.     

Stability of the factor structure of a short form of the Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory

A 60-item short form of the Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory (MTAI) was compared to the present 150-item form to determine whether the same constructs were common to both sets of items. Correlations computed between scores on the two forms for 675 undergraduate elementary, secondary, and all levels education majors yielded coefficients of .96, .97, and .96, respectively. The factor structure of the short form was analyzed separately for each major. Five factors were found to be highly consistent for each group and with the results reported in the literature for experienced teachers using all 150 items. The results were interpreted as support for a multidimensional short form of the MTAI.     

Attitude Formation in High-School Seniors: A Study of Values and Attitudes

Abstract

In order to measure attitude changes as a function of studying and as a function of teaching the Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory (MTAI) was administered to fifty-two students in an experimental fifth-year graduate program in elementary education. Three test administrations followed the structure of the program: (1) before classes began, (2) after completing the academic program, (3) following a 4 Vi -month internship. During the academic program MTAI scores increase significantly, attitudes become more tolerant and more child-centered. In contrast, attitudes decline during the internship. Frustration in the internship is significantly correlated with a decrease in MTAI scores. Being placed in an inner city school or a school in a lower socio-economic neighborhood is not significantly correlated with a decrease in MTAI scores.     

A NEW LOGICAL SCORING KEY FOR THE MINNESOTA TEACHER ATTITUDE INVENTORY1

This study tested three scoring keys for the MTAI—the published empirical key (E); a logical key with three different weights, i.e., + 1, 0, -1; and a new logical key with five different scoring weights, one for each of the five responses in MTAI items, i.e., +2, +1, 0, -1, -2. The latter, termed the pentachotomous-logical (P-L), provided scores with slightly higher internal consistency and a frequency distribution which is not so significantly skewed as the others and which provides greater spread among extreme positive and negative scores. Use of the P-L scoring weights would facilitate the psychological interpretation of the MTAI. However, conclusion that the P-L scoring key is an improvement must be tempered by the fact that an expected increase in construct validity was not found.     

父母养育方式与大学生人格特质的相关研究

为了探讨父母养育方式与其子女人格特质之间的相互关系,采用父母养育方式问卷(EMBU)和卡特尔16项人格特质问卷(16PF)两种方式对146名大学生进行了测查,结果发现:1)父母不良的教养方式,如严厉惩罚、拒绝否认、过分干涉,与被试的稳定性、有恒性、敢为性、自律性呈显著负相关,与敏感性、忧虑性、紧张性呈显著正相关.2)父母良性教养方式,如温暖、理解、平等,与被试兴奋性、稳定性、敢为性呈显著正相关,与敏感性、世故性呈显著负相关.这一结果说明父母养育方式对其子女人格特质形成具有重要的影响.     

The Relationship of Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory Scores to Certain Biographical Information

Abstract

The student teaching experience was investigated for changes in attitudes as determined by pre- and post-responses to the MTAI. Further, inventory statements were categorized and placed in five dimensions. The total results were treated by the t test and no significant changes resulted. The analysis of variance was applied to the dimensional MTAI responses. A significant difference between dimensions (P = 3.80 < .05) resulted. No significant treatment or Interaction differences occurred. When the simple effects were evaluated by the 8ign Test, only one of the five dimensions revealed a significant shift In attitude. The results suggest that attitude changes resulting from experimental condition may be more appropriately evaluated by Inspecting the dimensions of the change.     

Social Reinforcement Counseling as an Adjunct to a Course in Education

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The purpose of this study is to determine what effects social reinforcement counseling has on attitudes toward teaching and accuracy of teacher attitude self-estimation held by beginning education students. Teacher attitudes were assessed by the MTAI. Seventy-eight education students at the Ohio State University were randomly divided into three groups that received individual counseling, group counseling, and no counseling for four sessions with social reinforcement as the major technique. The results of the study lend support to conclusions which follow. First, social reinforcement counseling in individual or group setting is more effective for changing attitudes toward teaching, but not effective for increasing students' accuracy of self-estimated teacher attitudes. Second, social reinforcement counseling in groups is as effective as individual counseling for changing MTAI scores of beginning education students.     

Interrelationships between the Choice of College Major,the ACT and the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire

Abstract

The usefulness of the ACT and 16 PF for discriminating between decided and undecided college students was investigated. Different discriminant functions were derived for males and females, indicating a need for different counseling procedures. A canonical correlation analysis of the ACT versus the 16 PF indicated a strong relationship between the two instruments, even though redundancies were low. Six factors emerged in a factor analysis of the ACT, 16 PF, sex, hours earned, GPA, and group: an academic potential factor, four personality factors, and a school achievement factor.     

Changes in Handedness Associated with Onset or Disappearance of Stuttering

The relationships between scores on the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16 PF), the Brown Personal Beliefs and Teaching Practices Inventories, and the Rokeach Dogmatism Scale for 191 female, beginning teacher education students were investigated using canonical and simple correlation analyses. A significant canonical correlation of .51 was established between these measures, with factors M (Practical vs. Imaginative), and Q1 (Conservative vs. Experimenting) of the 16 PF and total scores on the Brown inventories accounting for the multivariate correlation. Teacher education students who indicate high agreement with Dewey’s philosophy on the Brown instruments appear to also score high on the imagination and experimentation factors of the 16 PF. An additional finding of importance was the absence of significant relationships between the 16 PF and the Rokeach Dogmatism Scale.     

高校特困生人格特质状况的调查分析

本研究的目的：了解高校特困生的人格特征。方法：采用CATTELL16PF量表。并与非特困生进行比较。结果：特困生与非特困生相比。特困生在乐群性、稳定性、有恒性、敏感性因素上与非特困生差异显。结论：根据特困生的人格特征，应加强对其人格的改善与培养。     

民警人格素质的基本特征及其性别差异

以昆明市4310名民警为被试，以卡特尔16PF最表为测量工具，探讨了民警人格素质的基本特征及其性别特征。结果表明：(1)民警的人格素质优于一般中国成年人的平均水平；(2)男性民警与女性民警在乐群性、敏感性和忧虑性等人格特质上具有显差异。     

Intelligence and personality profile of battering parents in Greece: a comparative study

Studies on parental intelligence and personality characteristics of battering parents are often contradictory. This research is part of a large project on child abuse and neglect in Athens aiming at identifying abusing families and studying the characteristics of parents, children, siblings, as well as welfare and legal issues. Thirty-three battering parents (17 mothers and 16 fathers) and 33 matched controls were investigated with the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale and Cattell's 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire (16 PF). The mean age of fathers was 39.9 and of mothers 29.1 years. They belonged primarily to the low socioeconomic class. No difference was found in the I.Q.s of battering fathers compared to controls while battering mothers' general, verbal and performance I.Q.s were significantly lower than those of the control group as well as of battering fathers' I.Q.s. Battering mothers were found significantly more shy, restrained, timid and threat-sensitive (Factor H of the 16 PF), and undisciplined, self-conflicted, following own urges (Factor Q3 of the 16 PF) than the control mothers. Factor H also was found to differentiate significantly between battering and control fathers but in the opposite direction than that of mothers. The above results are discussed and interpreted within the context of Greek cultural characteristics and intercultural comparisons.     

技能型人才人格特征研究

采用卡特尔编制的16PF问卷，对参加全国技能大赛成绩优异者进行调查。数据分析表明，技能型人才具有自律性、有恒性的人格特征；富有事业心和进取精神；在新环境中的适应能力略高于一般水平。     

Evaluating a Tutorial Program Containing Volunteer Subjects

Student teachers enrolled at Kansas State University and Northeastern State College (Oklahoma) in the spring of 1967 were compared on (1) maintenance of philosophic orientation, (2) adherence to teaching attitudes, (3) reaction to student-teaching, and (4) performance on related criteria. The GNC Scale of Logical Consistency in Educational Ideas determined their philosophic orientation. The Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory determined their attitudes toward potential teaching situations. Comparisons were made before and after student teaching by institution, teaching level, and sex. GNC, MTAI, and ACT levels, methods and student-teaching grades, and grade point averages were tested for intercorrelation.

K. S. U. students were more logically consistent and empirically oriented in their ideas about education before and after teaching participation. Teaching attitudes were best maintained by the elementary students in both institutions. N. S. C. students showed greater intercorrelation among all the criteria. Low logical consistency by N. S. C. students may signify disagreement between theoretical and practical educational views. Maintenance of teaching attitudes by K. S. U. elementary students suggests variable effects of professional courses. Agreement among academic and educational criteria by N. S. C. students suggests a greater unaminity of educational ends and means.     

视力残疾大学生与普通大学生人格特征的比较研究

随机抽取某特殊教育学院的视力残疾大学生和普通大学生各30名,用卡特尔16种人格因素测验得出了两组被试的16种人格因素得分,并用SPSS进行了数据处理。发现两组被试在乐群性、稳定性、兴奋性、忧虑性、独立性、紧张性方面存在显著差异,在敢为性、怀疑性方面存在极其显著差异。在16种人格因素测验应用上,只有心理健康方面存在显著差异。讨论了感知觉特点、独立能力等多种因素对视力残疾大学生人格形成带来的直接或间接影响,并提出了建议。     

Attitude Changes in Teacher Education Students

Abstract

The major purpose of the study was to determine the effect of a teacher education program upon the attitudes of undergraduate students toward children. At the beginning and end of a fall quarter the MTAI was administered to 250 undergraduate teacher education students in the various levels of the professional programs at the University of Denver. Pre-test and post-test scores were compared. Differences were obtained (t = .01 level). Thirty-two students who demonstrated the greatest change in score were interviewed in an effort to determine causes of change. Student attitudes were changed while in the teacher education program by influences within and outside the program.     

师范生人格的调查分析

本运用卡氏16PF对264名师范学生的人格进行了测验。结果表明师范生人格发展总体呈正态分布，处于正常水平；不同性别学生A、M、Q4三项人格指标差异显；不同年级学生人格发展表现出各自的特点。     

学报编辑的人格特征研究

运用卡特尔 16种人格因素量表 (16PF) ,对河南省 4 0多所高校学报的 2 8名男编辑、2 1名女编辑进行测验 ,结果发现 :男性学报编辑在世故性、实验性、乐群性、敏感性、幻想性和忧虑性等人格特征方面与常模存在差异 ,女性学报编辑在有恒性、世故性、稳定性、幻想性等人格特征方面与常模存在差异 ,编辑人格特征性别差异不显著。但无论是男编辑或是女编辑 ,在人格特征上都需要进一步完善。