Educational Attitudes Inventory
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"The empirical link between teacher attitudes and teacher behavior has been strengthened through a recent avalanche of research focusing on teacher expectations" "The purpose of this investigation was to present for a sample of nearly 300 teachers in kindergarten and elementary school grades evidence regarding the factorial validity of the EAI as well as information concerning the intercorrelations of the resulting factor scales and the split-half reliability of each scale. In addition, other statistical data indicative of the construct validity of the EAI are set forth."
- "Scales labeled Affective and Cognitive assess commitment to emotional development and inductive learning, respectively. The Directive Scale assesses attitudes toward authority and control in the classroom, whereas the Interpretive Scale focuses on relevancy in learning."
"Construct validity and split-half reliabilities are reported for the scales."
- Students are more responsive to teachers who are able to understand their point of view
- It is important for the student to know that the teacher has confidence in him
- Teachers give students too few opportunities to make reasoned guesses and predictions as they teach
- Teachers have a tendency to do too much of the student’s thinking for him
- Teachers should be cautious in adopting methods and procedures which give students greater control over the educative process
- If parents were firmer and more regular in the discipline of their children, the work of the teacher would be easier
- Teachers must set definite items aside to show students the relationships between subject matter and the overall goal of education
- The interest which students sometimes develop in a subject can become more valuable if teachers broaden their perspectives across subject matter boundaries