ERIC Number: EJ1426330
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0279-6015
EISSN: EISSN-2372-966X
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Examining Developmental Differences in Teachers' Observed Classroom Management Strategies across Elementary, Middle, and High School
Heather L. McDaniel; Summer S. Braun; Jessika H. Bottiani; Danielle De Lucia; Patrick H. Tolan; Catherine P. Bradshaw
School Psychology Review, v53 n3 p273-293 2024
Classroom management practices are critical to the success of teachers and students, and a growing number of programs have been developed to improve these practices. However, there has been less investigation into observational tools to assess classroom management and exploration of whether it can be measured consistently by observers across elementary, middle, and high school classrooms. Moreover, there is a need to determine how classroom management practices vary as a function of school settings and classroom contexts (e.g., class size and racial composition). The current study aimed to examine classroom management practices using the Assessing School Settings: Interactions of Students and Teachers (ASSIST), an observational measure administered by trained external observers across 3,263 classrooms. A series of analyses indicated that the ASSIST demonstrated partial MI across contexts, and was particularly robust across class size and racial composition, which enabled us to contrast latent mean differences across developmental levels. Latent means of classroom practices across elementary and middle school were similar, whereas elementary school and high school classrooms differed significantly. The findings provide evidence that the ASSIST is similarly measuring classroom management across classroom contexts but is sensitive to mean differences in classroom management across classroom contexts.
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, High School Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship, Class Size, Racial Composition, Instructional Program Divisions, Developmental Stages, Student Characteristics, Evaluation Methods, Intervention, Classroom Techniques, Classroom Communication, Measures (Individuals), Behavior Problems, Rating Scales, Teacher Behavior
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Related Records: ED624631
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; High Schools
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED); National Institute of Justice (NIJ) (DOJ); Department of Education (ED)
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R324A110107; R305A150221; 2014CKBX005; 2015CKBX008
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