Assessing Classroom Climate in Special Education: A Validation Study of the Special Education Classroom Climate Inventory
| Autor: | G. H. P. van der Helm, J.J.W. de Swart, D. van der Voort, M. H. M. Beld, Geert Jan J. M. Stams, Chris H.Z. Kuiper |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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05 social sciences
Applied psychology Self-concept 050301 education Sample (statistics) Special education Exploratory factor analysis Confirmatory factor analysis Education Clinical Psychology Convergent validity Cronbach's alpha 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology 0503 education General Psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology Classroom climate |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment. 36:736-749 |
| ISSN: | 1557-5144 0734-2829 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0734282917706618 |
| Popis: | This study examined the internal structure, convergent validity, and reliability of the student self-report Special Education Classroom Climate Inventory (SECCI) in a sample of 325 students attending special education classes in six (semi) secure residential settings and in two youth prisons in the Netherlands. Both exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) provided evidence of a theoretically based four-factor model—with Teacher Support, Positive Student Affiliation, Negative Student Interactions, and Unstructured Classroom Environment as dimensions—showing an adequate fit to the data, providing preliminary support for validity of the SECCI. Limited evidence for convergent validity was found in significant but small associations between classroom climate and academic self-concept. Ordinal Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficients were good for all factors. The SECCI might be used to assess and subsequently target (problematic) classroom climate in schools for special education for students in (secure) residential youth care and youth prisons, although further development of the SECCI and replication of our study results seem necessary. |
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