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Download full textEngelhard, George, Jr. – 1986
A model based on organizational theory was used in this study to discover educational goals emphasized by teachers in classrooms and to explore the impact of the social organization of schooling on these goals. Age-grade structure was examined as a possible organizational characteristic influencing moral and technical goals selected by teachers.…
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Catholic Schools, Classroom Techniques, Educational Objectives
Muraki, Eiji; Engelhard, George, Jr. – 1985
Recent developments in dichotomous factor analysis based on multidimensional item response models (Bock and Aitkin, 1981; Muthen, 1978) provide an effective method for exploring the dimensionality of questionnaire items. Implemented in the TESTFACT program, this "full information" item factor analysis accounts not only for the pairwise…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Estimation (Mathematics), Factor Analysis, Item Analysis
Hill, Linda; Engelhard, George, Jr. – 1981
A test of the effects of school organization, the school environment, and the larger community context on school attendance showed that environmental and contextual factors have the strongest impact. Using a model based on organizational theory, researchers hypothesized that, within the community context, environmental factors would affect school…
Descriptors: Attendance, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Environment, Elementary Education
