ERIC Number: EJ1395845
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 26
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ISSN: ISSN-0279-6015
EISSN: EISSN-2372-966X
Measuring Fairness and Justice in the Classroom: A Systematic Review of Instruments' Validity Evidence
School Psychology Review, v52 n5 p639-664 2023
Empirical research in education has largely adopted quantitative approaches to measure teachers' and students' perceptions of fairness and justice in classroom contexts. The purpose of this study is to understand the validity evidence of fairness and justice instruments including how fairness and justice have been conceptualized in measures. Through a systematic review method, 96 quantitative studies were identified and their measurement instruments were analyzed based on five validity criteria: (a) framework and conceptualization of construct, (b) response processes, (c) internal structure, (d) internal consistency reliability, and (e) relationship to other variables. Results showed that most studies conceptualized classroom fairness and justice from organizational and social psychological theories with only a few conducting rigorous statistical analyses to support their validity interpretations. Findings are critically discussed and point to the need to develop a theory of fairness and justice rooted in classroom contexts.
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Ethics, Justice, Validity, Reliability, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Research Reports, Construct Validity, Correlation, Classroom Environment, Evidence, Factor Analysis
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