The purpose of this study was to determine whether the outside factors of the gender of the principal, the choice of subject matter used for the demonstration of competence, or years of teacher experience have an effect on the mean scores of elementary teachers evaluated using the Leon County Teacher Assessment Process. / The evaluations of five hundred twenty-one elementary personnel teaching in the Leon County school system were additionally coded to reflect the three outside factors. Each outside factor was addressed using a different test. Student's t-test was used to test the effect of principals' gender on teachers' mean scores. Analysis of Variance was used to test the effect of subject selected to demonstrate competence on teachers' mean scores. A Pearson Product-Moment Correlational Coefficient was used to test the correlation between teachers' years of experience and teachers' mean scores. / Results from Student's t-tests for true mean differences between teachers' scores and principals' gender on each of the four Areas were significant: Area Two: Initiating Instruction, was significant (t = 8.62, p < .01); Area Three: Presenting Instruction, was significant (t = 12.80, p < .01); Area Four was significant (t = 7.49, p < .01); Area Five: Managing Student Conduct was significant (t = 9.25, p < .01). When mean differences between teachers' scores, based on the selection of subject matter, were tested using Analysis of Variance, the result from Area Five: Managing Student Conduct was significant (F = 2.203, p = .046). The result from Area Four: Communicating With Students, indicated a significant, albeit small positive correlation between teachers' years of experience and teachers' mean scores (r = .1236, p = .007) when tested using a Pearson Product-Moment Correlational Coefficient. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-08, Section: A, page: 2886. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1986.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75924 |
| Contributors | THOMSON, WILLIAM SCOTT., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 133 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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