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To ‘measure’ overall classroom environment at a particular point of time

Aim

To ‘measure’ overall classroom environment at a particular point of time.

Method

Each student will need a copy of the inventory below. As a class (or in a group) students should be asked to circle the answer which ‘best describes what their classroom is like’. The items could be read out in turn for simultaneous, but individual, responses. Scoring of answers can be done using the teacher’s column. ‘Yes’ scores 3 and ‘No’ scores 1 except where reversed scoring is indicated (R). Omitted or indecipherable answers are scored 2.

There are five scales, made up by adding various items, as follows:

Satisfaction (S)                   Items 1, 6, 11, 16, 21

Friction (F)                           Items 2, 7, 12, 17, 22

Competitiveness (CM)      Items 3, 8, 13, 18, 23

Difficulty (D)                        Items 4, 9, 14, 19, 24

Cohesiveness (CH)         Items 5, 10, 15, 20, 25

Follow-up

Mean scores for each scale will indicate the nature of the overall classroom climate and may raise issues for further consideration, particularly if repeated some time later. (It should be noted that the inventory reproduced here is a short form of a longer instrument and is not a reliable measure of the feelings of individuals.)

NAME …………………….

What describes your classroom?

Circle your answer


1. The students enjoy their school work in my class

YesNo

2. Students are always fighting with each other

YesNo

3. Students often race to see who can finish first

YesNo

4. In our class the work is hard to do

YesNo

5. In my class everybody is my friend

YesNo

6. Some students are not happy in class

YesNo

7. Some of the students in our class are mean

YesNo

8. Most students want their work to be better than their friend’s

YesNo

9. Most students can do their schoolwork without help

YesNo

10. Some people in my class are not my friends

YesNo

11. Students seem to like the class

YesNo

12. Many students in our class like to fight

YesNo

13. Some students feel bad when they don’t do as well as the others

YesNo

14. Only the smart students can do their work

YesNo

15. All students in my class are close friends

YesNo

16. Some of the students don’t like the class

YesNo

17. Certain pupils always want to have their own way

YesNo

18. Some students always try to do better than others

YesNo

19. Schoolwork is hard to do

YesNo

20. All of the students in my class like one another

YesNo

21. The class is fun

YesNo

22. Students in our class fight a lot

YesNo

23. A few students in my class want to be first all of the time

YesNo

24. Most of the students in my class know how to do their work

YesNo

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