The effect of level of involvement and type of assessment approach on teacher attitudes towards teacher evaluation /
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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1980.
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| Online Access: | Link to ProQuest copy Link to OAKTrust copy ProQuest, Abstract |
| Abstract: | To investigate the relationship of adult education teacher attitudes towards evaluation, two experimental variables (feedback involvement and assessment approach) were combined in a 2 X 2 factorial arrangement of treatments. Fifty-two adult education teachers in the greater Houston area were randomly assigned to one of four experimental conditions. The assessment approach used was either self-report or systematic observation with either no evaluative feedback provided or feedback provided in a group setting. A Likert-type attitude scale was constructed and administered as a post-test only. A two-way analysis of variance was applied to the mean scores to determine main effects and possible interaction. No significant main effect of level of involvement was demonstrated. There was a significant difference in teacher attitudes towards evaluation when two types of assessment were employed to measure teacher performance. Systematic observation positively improved teacher attitudes toward evaluation. No significant interaction between level of teacher involvement and type of assessment approach was demonstrated. The results of this study support the inclusion of systematic observation as one assessment measure used in the evaluation process. This recommendation is made based on the positive relationship identified between the assessment measure and the attitude of teachers. I t was further recommended that additional research in this area might focus on teacher performance rather than attitude change or on a different level of involvement rather than group feedback. A suggestion to move away from experimental research models towards an ethnographic research approach is also posited. |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Adult and Extension Education." Typescript (photocopy). Vita. |
| Physical Description: | x, 168 leaves : forms ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 97-105). |