The purpose of this study was to identify selected criteria in teacher effectiveness in the secondary science classrooms to find out how students feel about these criteria as compared with the opinions of science teachers and administrators.The following criteria were selected:1. Teacher's abilities in lecturing2. Abilities in laboratory teaching3. Abilities in leading discussions4. Abilities in maintaining good discipline5. Fairness in dealing with students6. Understanding of student problems7. Use of multi-media presentations.A forty-one item questionnaire based on the above mentioned criteria with two opinion questions was formulated.The population for the study consisted of 32 administrators, 34 secondary science teachers, and 747 secondary science students from 15 high schools of three sizes (small, medium, and large) in Indiana. The questionnaire was administered on-site, and the return rate for each respective group in the sample was 100 percent.One way analysis of variance was used at the .05 significance level statistically to interpret the data.Findings1. There was a significant difference found among the responses of students, teachers, and administrators for lecturing, laboratory teaching, leading discussions, maintaining good discipline, and use of multi-media presentations, but there was no significant difference found for fairness, and understanding of student problems.2. Based upon the sex of the students, there was no significant difference found for laboratory teaching and multi-media presentations, but there was a significant difference found for lecturing, discussions, discipline, fairness, and understanding of student problems.3. Based upon the grade level of students, there was a significant difference found in lecturing and laboratory teaching, but there was no significant difference found for discussions, discipline, fairness, understanding of student problems, and use of media.4. Based upon the years of teaching experience, there was a significant difference found in the opinions of teachers and administrators for lecturing, maintaining good discipline, and multi-media presentations, but no significant difference was found for laboratory, discussions, fairness, and understanding of student problems.5. The years of administrative experience had no significant effect on the opinions of administrators.6. There was no significant difference found among the opinions of administrators, teachers, and students related to the size of schools.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/175726 |
| Date | 03 June 2011 |
| Creators | Cwick, Simin Lohrasbi |
| Contributors | McClure, James M. |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | 3, xii, 174 leaves ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
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