A good student-teacher-relationship and a good class climate are important factors for both student learning outcomes and students' social and emotional development.
For a research project I am searching for a self-rating-scale for teachers to rate their own actions to promote a good student-teacher-relationship. The scale should cover important aspects like:
- Showing interest in / caring for students' emotional state
- Showing interest in students' activities outside the classroom
- Preventing/reducing disruptive/aggressive behavior and conduct problems (in order to promote a comfortable classroom climate for everyone)
- Consider students' needs and preferences when planning lessons and other classroom activities
- ...
Does anyone know a well evaluated scale that has already been used?
Of course, it would be possible to construct some items and use them as a scale. However, it would be great if results could be compared acrosse studies and countries - therefore an existing scale would be great.
Are you explicitly looking for tools in english? Otherwise you could have a look here
https://www.fdz-bildung.de/zugang-erhebungsinstrumente
e.g.
https://www.fdz-bildung.de/skala.php?skala_id=3127&erhebung_id=0
(some of the featured instruments are evaluated and available in english, too)
best,
michael
Thank you very much, Michael Schurig. Tools in German are fine, too. I will have a closer look at the link you sent.
However, I already searched the DaQS database. The problem: There I would have to combine items from several scales which would result in a new scale to be evaluated regarding validity and reliability.
Hej Anne Piezunka, thanks a lot. Yes, the STRS is a really good instrument, but unfortunately it does not 100% meet the requirements for our study: First, it's focus is rather on the relationship itself than on teachers' classroom actions to improve relationship with (all) students and second, it's constructed to rate the relationship to the individual child, not to the children in overall. Best, David
maybe you should get in contact with Rene Schröder - great presentation at ifo 2019 about that topic!
It might be interesting to take a look into the KODEK-L: https://www.ewi-psy.fu-berlin.de/einrichtungen/arbeitsbereiche/schulentwicklungsforschung/forschung/abgelaufeneprojekte/kodek/Buch_KODEK-L/index.html
That's exactly what I was looking for, Stefanie Roos! And the psychometric properties are looking quite good after having a first look at them. Thanks a lot.
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