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- Title
Assessing students' perceptions about classroom learning environments: the New What Is Happening In this Class (NWIHIC) instrument.
- Authors
Cai, Juan; Wen, Qingyun; Lombaerts, Koen; Jaime, Irma; Cai, Li
- Abstract
The New What Is Happening In this Class questionnaire (NWIHIC) was constructed based on Moos's scheme for human environments. The sample consisted of 2280 students from elementary and secondary schools (grades 5–9). The data were analyzed using SPSS26 and AMOS software version 25. Principal components factor analysis with oblique rotation, as well as convergent and discriminant validity analyses, revealed a strong structure of the questionnaire (χ2 = 3104.307; χ2/dƒ = 2.69; RMR = 0.038; RMSEA = 0.027; GFI = 0.947; AGFI = 0.937; NFI = 0.956; TLI = 0.968; IFI = 0.972; CFI = 0.972). As a result, eight factors emerged: student cohesiveness, teacher support, involvement, task orientation, cooperation, equity, differentiated instruction, and ongoing assessment. Moreover, significant gender and grade differences were also found.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGY of students; CLASSROOM environment; PRINCIPAL components analysis; HUMAN ecology; DISCRIMINANT analysis
- Publication
Learning Environments Research, 2022, Vol 25, Issue 2, p601
- ISSN
1387-1579
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10984-021-09383-w