Examining the Performance Standards for In-Service Teachers: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Assessment of Teachers' NETS-T Expertise

The survey Performance Standards for In-service Teachers is widely used to help describe teacher skills relating to instructional technology for assessment or planning of professional development. It is based on the six constructs of the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers, and though used broadly in a variety of contexts, it does not appear to have undergone significant independent evaluation of its psychometric properties. Our analysis found that all six subscales possessed strong internal consistency (all α > 0.93). A subsequent confirmatory factor analysis supported both its current six-factor structure as well as a more parsimonious one-factor model.     

Attitudes towards School,Teacher, and Classmates at Classroom and Individual Levels: An application of two‐level confirmatory factor analysis

Pupils' responses in Grade 6 to a 40‐item questionnaire originally constructed to reveal different school attitudes were re‐analysed using recently developed techniques for latent variable analysis of two‐level data. One aim was to test a model for investigation of classroom environment and another aim was to compare exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis when applied at individual and class levels. When using confirmatory factor modelling a separation of the individual and class‐level influences on the between‐group matrix was obtained. At class level three factors could be justified: Teachers and Teaching, Social Relations in Classrooms and Work Atmosphere in Classrooms. We conclude that the present analysis encourages further use of this type of questionnaire when investigating pupils' attitudes in a large number of classes. Two‐level latent variable analysis is useful for comparing pupils' attitudes within and between classes     

《大学生主观幸福感问卷》的编制

过去国内对主观幸福感(包括大学生)的研究更多是直接引用或修订国外编制的问卷或量表.所以引用过程中民族个性差异,人口统计量的差异,文化差异以及翻译等额外变量使得研究结论的准确性受到质疑,所以编制适用于中国大学生特点的问卷对主观幸福感的本土化研究有着重要意义.     

Uncovering everyday dynamics in students’ perceptions of instructional quality with experience sampling

Within-student dynamics in perceptions of instructional quality have been neglected, although student states constitute a major share of these perceptions. The present study examined the structure and correlates of student state perceptions of the three basic dimensions, teacher support, cognitive activation, and classroom management. We conducted a three-week experience sampling study using state measures in four subjects (observations: n_mathematics = 2,681, n_physics = 1,555, n_German = 2,026, n_English = 1,835) and analyzed data from 372 German secondary school students (M_age = 15.3 years), conducting two-level confirmatory factor analyses. Against more parsimonious solutions, the postulated three-factor structure was confirmed within- and between-students across subjects, entailing 51% within-student variance on average. Similar to trait-like perceptions, state perceptions were positively related to grades and academic interest. Our results support the factorial and convergent validity of state student perceptions of instructional quality, expanding upon between-person-based literature and uncovering opportunities to enhance teaching effectiveness.     

非学业自我描述量表（NSDQⅢ）在大学生中试用的信效度研究

目的：对非学业自我描述量表进行修订和信效度检验.方法：以浙江师范大学492名学生为被试,使用SPSS16.0和Amos5.0进行探索性和验证性因素分析.结果表明：（1）经过探索性因素分析,量表包含7个因子,共45个项目,各个项目负荷在0.416~0.810之间,7个二级因子解释了总方差的54.611%;（2）将7个二级因子按Marsh的多层次自我描述量表依托的理论合并为4个一级因子,提高了内部一致性水平,4个因子及总量表内部一致性系数为0.651~0.821.各因子间相关呈中等偏低相关,结构效度良好;（3）通过验证性因素分析,4个一级因子的模型拟合优度指标分别为：χ2/df〈5,RMSEA〈0.05,GFI,NFI,TLI,CFI为0.989~0.997;（4）在体能、与双亲关系和一般自我3个因子上存在性别的显著性差异,男生比女生评价更积极.鉴于以上结果,非学业自我描述量表的信效度水平达到了测量学的要求.     

Considering the Challenges of Counselling Practice in Schools

School counselling is developing rapidly in many countries around the World. As with any practice in a secondary setting, challenges and special issues are often identified, discussed, and managed. These can be categorized into four distinct domains: 1) Internal challenges, which include issues related to clientele groups, teachers’ attitudes towards counselling, and students’ willingness to seek counseling; 2) External challenges, which refer to social-economic changes beyond the school. These include popular culture, globalization and societal trends of more families and students moving across borders; 3) Systems challenges, which are those within the guidance programmes implemented by ministries, schools or counselling bodies. These issues may reside in the guidelines for practice in schools, referral procedures, and resource planning; 4) Personal challenges, which relate to the needs as well as the skills of the counsellor. Some examples here are training, supervision, and attitudes towards school systems. The four domains and interactions among them are discussed in this paper.     

积极人格特质问卷PPTQ在中国大学生中的因素结构研究

探索积极人格特质问卷(PPTQ)在中国大学生中的因素结构。采用积极人格特质问卷(Positive Personality Traits Questionnaire)中文版,对648名大学生施测,对其中一半数据使用PASWStatistics18进行探索性因素分析,另一半数据使用AMOS16.0进行验证性因素分析(CFA)。探索性因素分析得出积极自我意象、外向性和文化认同三因素结构。累计解释率为50.457%,验证性因素分析结果显示:χ2/df=2.230,GFI=0.841。AGFI=0.816,CFI=0.822,RMSEA=0.062,中文版三因素结构在中国大学生人群中较为合理。     

大学生学习适应状况量表的编制

在有关当代大学生学习适应状况研究的基础上,探讨了大学生学习适应状况的主要因素,编制了一套适合当代大学生学习适应状况的量表,对9所院校900名大学生进行施测,对所得数据进行探索性因素分析。结果表明,大学生学习适应状况的主要因素包括:学习方法、学习热情、学习态度、专业兴趣、学习动力、学习环境等六个因素。验证性因素分析结果表明,所提取的6个因素与构想模型拟合较好,测验具有较好的信效度。     

父亲攻击型教养方式问卷的初步编制

为了解家庭教育中“攻击性”这一特征,有针对性地为实施健康家庭教育提供依据,在文献分析、访谈、开放式问卷等方法的基础上收集项目,采用探索性因素分析获得父亲攻击型教养方式七因子模型：督促攻击、默许对朋辈的攻击、责罚、惩罚对长辈的攻击、默许对长辈的攻击、攻击示范、攻击性教养观。此模型在验证性因素分析中得到了验证,具有良好的信度和效度,这对于我国家庭教养方式本土化研究提供了一定理论基础。     

骨干教师发展问题与对策——以遵义市小学骨干教师调查为例

通过对参加遵义市小学骨干教师培训的573名教师进行问卷调查,对部分教师进行访谈,根据调查数据的结果,提出重视骨干教师的城乡差异、加强学校与教师有效的沟通、建立教师参与学校管理的和谐校园、加强对任教低于五年的骨干教师的培训与引导等对策.     

农村职业学校教师压力问题探析

本文描述了农村职业学校教师在经济待遇、社会地位、工作负荷、岗位作为以及人际关系等方面存在的压力, 并就压力存在的原因,缓解压力的策略从社会、政府、学校和教师本身等方面进行了分析与思考。     

School climate factors relating to teacher burnout: A mediator model

The present study investigated components of school climate (i.e. parent/community relations, administration, student behavioral values) and assessed their influence on the core burnout dimensions of Emotional Exhaustion, Depersonalization, and feelings of low Personal Accomplishment. The study weighed the relative contributions of demographic factors (i.e. gender, age, years of teaching experience), teacher satisfaction, and teacher-rated school climate that predict resultant levels of teacher stress and burnout from 17 rural schools in southeastern Ohio. Results revealed that different aspects of school climate related to each of the three primary burnout dimensions. Further, the inverse relationship between school climate and burnout was mediated by teacher satisfaction levels for both Emotional Exhaustion and Depersonalization dimensions. Results from the present study may be used in the development of future intervention targets for reducing teacher stress and burnout.     

高师物理教法教师与中学物理教师的合作方案

遵循理论与实际相结合的原则,结合物理学科特点及教学课程特点（即教法课程源于中学物理教学、高于中学物理教学,并直接指导中学物理教学。）提出“高师教法教师与中学物理教师互相学习、共同合作、相互促进”的方案。     

Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the School Level Environment Questionnaire (SLEQ)

The purpose of the present study was to validate an existing school environment instrument, the School Level Environment Questionnaire (SLEQ). The SLEQ consists of 56 items, with seven items in each of eight scales. One thousand, one hundred and six (1106) teachers in 59 elementary schools in a southwestern USA public school district completed the instrument. An exploratory factor analysis was undertaken for a random sample of half of the completed surveys. Using principal axis factoring with oblique rotation, this analysis suggested that 13 items should be dropped and that the remaining 43 items could best be represented by seven rather than eight factors. A confirmatory factor analysis was run with the other half of the original sample using structural equation modeling. Examination of the fit indices indicated that the model came close to fitting the data, with goodness-of-fit (GOF) coefficients just below recommended levels. A second model was then run with two of the seven factors, with their associated items removed. That left five factors with 35 items. Model fit was improved. A third model was tried, using the same five factors with 35 items but with correlated residuals between some of the items within a factor. This model seemed to fit the data well, with GOF coefficients in recommended ranges. These results led to a refined, more parsimonious version of the SLEQ that was then used in a larger study. Future research is needed to see if this model would fit other samples in different elementary schools and in secondary schools both in the USA and in other countries. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.