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Fraser, Barry J.; Raaflaub, Catherine – Curriculum and Teaching, 2013
Actual and preferred learning environments and student attitudes were investigated among 1,173 Grade 7-12 students in 73 mathematics and science classes in Ontario in which laptop computers were being used. Data supported the factorial validity and internal consistency reliability of the What Is Happening In this Class? (WIHIC) questionnaire and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Mathematics Instruction, Science Instruction
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Fraser, Barry J.; And Others – Higher Education, 1992
A survey of 1,720 students in 71 university science laboratory classes in the United States, Canada, England, Australia, Israel, and Nigeria investigated student and teacher perceptions of dimensions of classroom environment (student cohesiveness, open-endedness, integration, rule clarity, material environment). Results and the utility of the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, College Faculty, College Science, College Students
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Fraser, Barry J.; And Others – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1995
Field tests of the Science Laboratory Environment Inventory (SLEI) with (n=5,447) high school and college students in six countries furnished evidence that science laboratory classes are dominated by closed-ended activities and that females held generally more favorable perceptions than males. Describes the development and validation of SLEI.…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, College Students, Foreign Countries, High School Students
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Fraser, Barry J.; Griffiths, Alan K. – Canadian Journal of Education, 1992
The development and validation of a new instrument, the Science Laboratory Environment Inventory, for assessing student perceptions of psychosocial environment in science laboratory classrooms are described. Results with 3,727 high school students and 1,720 college students at 53 sites in 6 countries support the scale's validity. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, High School Students
Raaflaub, Catherine A.; Fraser, Barry J. – 2002
There is increasing pressure to incorporate information technology into schools and increasing interest in evaluating the effects of this technology on students. There has been a growing literature on the assessment of the success of using information technology in schools. This study is timely and potentially valuable because it investigated…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Science Education