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Ward, Gillian; Fisher, Darrell L. – Learning Environments Research, 2013
There has been little research into the work environments of teachers at the subject department level. Understanding and investigating the work environment at this level could provide insight into the type of work environment that might lead teachers to remain in the teaching profession. This article reports the development, validation and use of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Science Teachers, Science Departments
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Waldrip, Bruce G.; Fisher, Darrell L.; Dorman, Jeffrey – Learning Environments Research, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine students' psychosocial perceptions of their science classroom learning environment in order to identify exemplary teachers. This mixed-method study used the valid and reliable What Is Happening In this Class? (WIHIC) questionnaire with over 3,000 middle school students in 150 classrooms in Australia.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Construct Validity, Foreign Countries, Science Teachers
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Waldrip, Bruce G.; Fisher, Darrell L.; Dorman, Jeffrey – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2009
This paper reports on part of a large-scale study aimed at examining students' perceptions of assessment. This paper will report on a study utilising mixed methodology in 150 Australian middle school classrooms. The purpose of the study described in this paper was to use the Students' Perceptions of Assessment Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Construct Validity, Science Teachers, Role Models
Fisher, Darrell L.; And Others – 1986
This paper begins with an overview of several instruments for assessing the school environment, focusing on Moos's Work Environment Scale (WES). Although the WES was designed for use in any work milieu, its 10 dimensions of work environment (involvement, peer cohesion, staff support, autonomy, task orientation, work pressure, clarity, control,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Environment, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
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Koul, Rekha B.; Fisher, Darrell L. – Learning Environments Research, 2005
This article reports research into associations between students' cultural background and their perceptions of their teacher's interpersonal behaviour and classroom learning environment. A sample of 1021 students from 31 classes in seven co-educational private schools completed a survey including the Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction (QTI), the…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Student Attitudes, Interaction, Foreign Countries
Waldrip, Bruce G.; Fisher, Darrell L. – 1997
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate an instrument to assess students' culturally sensitive environments and to examine the associations between these factors and students' attitudes towards science. A measure of students' environment, namely, the Cultural Learning Environment Questionnaire (CLEQ), was developed. The instrument…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Cultural Background, Educational Environment, Learning Processes
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Fisher, Darrell L.; Parkinson, Camillus-Anthony – Journal of Nursing Education, 1998
Students in two nursing classes completed the College and University Classroom Environment Inventory to assess the learning environment on seven dimensions. Strategies for improving the classroom in terms of student involvement, task orientation, and student cohesiveness were implemented. (SK)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement, Nursing Education
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Waldrip, Bruce G.; Fisher, Darrell L. – Education in Rural Australia, 2007
This paper reports the findings from a study of 2,176 students in 103 science classrooms in Western Australia and Queensland. Two questionnaires, the Questionnaire of Teacher Interaction and the Cultural Learning Environment Questionnaire were used with attitudinal and concept understanding measures were used to collect data from schools from…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries, Classrooms
She, Hsiao-Ching; Fisher, Darrell L. – 1997
This study reports on the development and validation of a questionnaire to assess student perceptions of the teacher-student interaction in Taiwan and Australia. The questionnaire is part of a cross-national study of science classroom environments in Taiwan and Australia. The questionnaire contains five domains: (1) higher-order questioning…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries, Interviews, Questionnaires
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Fraser, Barry J.; Fisher, Darrell L. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1986
To facilitate science teachers' use of classroom climate assessments, economical short forms of the Classroom Environment Scale, Individualized Classroom Environment Questionnaire, and My Class Inventory were developed. Each instrument contains only 25 items and is amenable to easy hand scoring. Developmental procedures, reliability, validity, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Measures (Individuals), Science Education
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Nair, Chenicheri Sid.; Fisher, Darrell L. – Research in Science Education, 2001
Modifies and validates a new form of the College and University Classroom Environment Inventory (CUCEI) and uses it to compare students' actual and preferred perceptions of their classroom environments at the senior secondary and tertiary education levels. Examines differences in perceptions according to student gender. (Contains 50 references.)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperation, Educational Environment, Females
Fisher, Darrell L.; Fraser, Barry J. – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 1982
Relationships between student affective and cognitive learning outcomes and their perceptions of classroom environment (using Classroom Environment Scale) were investigated for 1,083 Australian (Tasmania) students in 116 grade 8 and 9 classrooms. Results suggest that emphasizing classroom order and organization is likely to have positive influence…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Classroom Environment, Inquiry
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Fraser, Barry J.; Fisher, Darrell L. – American Educational Research Journal, 1982
Relationships between students' affective and cognitive outcomes and their perceptions of classroom psychosocial environment, as measured by the Individualized Classroom Environment Questionnaire and the Classroom Environment Scale, were investigated for a sample of 1,083 junior high school students in 116 classrooms. Sizable environment-outcome…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Measures, Cognitive Measurement, Educational Environment
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Fisher, Darrell L.; Fraser, Barry J. – Science Education, 1981
Presents evidence that attests to the potential usefulness of the MCI in science education research. Describes the first use of the MCI specifically in science education research and current research efforts that reveal satisfactory internal consistency, discriminant validity, and predictive validity of the MCI scales. (CS)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
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Fisher, Darrell L.; Waldrip, Bruce G. – Research in Science Education, 1997
Describes the development and validation of the Cultural Learning Environment Questionnaire (CLEQ) which assesses eight scales of the culturally sensitive environments of secondary school students. Examines associations between students' perceptions of their culturally sensitive learning environment, their attitudes towards science, and…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, Inquiry
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