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Statistical Tests Conducted with School Environment Data: The Effect of Teachers Being Clustered in Schools
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Dorman, Jeffrey P. – Learning Environments Research, 2009
This article discusses the effect of clustering on statistical tests conducted with school environment data. Because most school environment studies involve the collection of data from teachers nested within schools, the hierarchical nature to these data cannot be ignored. In particular, this article considers the influence of intraschool…
Descriptors: Statistical Significance, Data Analysis, Educational Environment, Teacher Educators
Psychosocial Environment and Affective Outcomes in Technology-Rich Classrooms: Testing a Causal Model
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Dorman, Jeffrey P.; Fraser, Barry J. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2009
Research investigated classroom environment antecedent variables and student affective outcomes in Australian high schools. The Technology-Rich Outcomes-Focused Learning Environment Inventory (TROFLEI) was used to assess 10 classroom environment dimensions: student cohesiveness, teacher support, involvement, investigation, task orientation,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Structural Equation Models, Outcomes of Education, Computer Uses in Education
Associations between Students' Perceptions of Mathematics Classroom Environment and Self-Handicapping in Australian and Canadian High Schools
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Dorman, Jeffrey P.; Ferguson, Janet M. – McGill Journal of Education, 2004
Research investigating the relationship between classroom environment and self-handicapping was conducted in Australian and Canadian high schools. A sample of 2,006 students responded to a questionnaire that assessed student perceptions of classroom environment and self-handicapping. Simple and multiple correlational analyses showed that classroom…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries, High School Students
Associations between Classroom Environment and Academic Efficacy.
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Dorman, Jeffrey P. – Learning Environments Research, 2001
Describes research that was conducted on associations between classroom psychosocial environment and academic efficacy based on a sample of mathematics students from Australian secondary schools. Discusses measures used and results from single and multiple correlation analyses that showed classroom environment relates positively with academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Correlation, Foreign Countries
Associations between Psychosocial Environments in Religious Education Classes and Students' Attitude toward Christianity
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Dorman, Jeffrey P.; Mcrobbie, Campbell J.; Foster, William J. – Religious Education, 2002
Over the past thirty years, independent lines of research in the fields of classroom environment and student attitudes toward Christianity have been conducted. This research brought these two fields together by investigating the relationship between student perceptions of religion classroom environment and their attitudes toward Christianity. A…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Christianity, Religious Education, Multivariate Analysis
Associations between Psychosocial Environment in Religious Education Classes and Student Outcomes.
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Dorman, Jeffrey P.; McRobbie, Campbell J.; Foster, William J. – 1999
Over the past 20 years independent lines of research in the fields of classroom environment and student attitudes to Christianity have been conducted. A study brought these two fields together by investigating the relationship between student perceptions of religious classroom environment and their attitudes toward Christianity. A personal form of…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Catholic Schools, Christianity, Classroom Environment