Development and Cross-National Validation of a Laboratory Classroom Environment Instrument for Senior High School Science

Describes the development of the Science Laboratory Environment Inventory (SLEI) instrument for assessing perceptions of the psychosocial environment in science laboratory classrooms, and reports validation information for samples of senior high school students from six different countries. The SLEI...

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Published inScience education (Salem, Mass.) Vol. 77; no. 1; p. 1
Main Author Fraser, Barry J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 1993
Subjects
Australia
Educational Research
Foreign Countries
Questionnaires
Science Education
Science Education Research
Science Instruction
Science Laboratories
Secondary Education
Social Cognition
Test Construction
Australia
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Summary:Describes the development of the Science Laboratory Environment Inventory (SLEI) instrument for assessing perceptions of the psychosocial environment in science laboratory classrooms, and reports validation information for samples of senior high school students from six different countries. The SLEI assesses five dimensions of the actual and preferred environment of science laboratory classes. Instrument is presented in appendixes. (PR)
ISSN:0036-8326
DOI:10.1002/sce.3730770102