What Do Teachers Think About Their Students’ Inclusion? Consistency of Students’ Self-Reports and Teacher Ratings

The aim of this study was to investigate the consistency between the self-reports and teacher ratings of students’ emotional and social inclusion at school as well as for their academic self-concept. The German version of the Perceptions of Inclusion Questionnaire (PIQ) was administered to 329 grade...

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Main Authors: Martin Venetz, Carmen L. A. Zurbriggen, Susanne Schwab
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01637/full
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description The aim of this study was to investigate the consistency between the self-reports and teacher ratings of students’ emotional and social inclusion at school as well as for their academic self-concept. The German version of the Perceptions of Inclusion Questionnaire (PIQ) was administered to 329 grade 8 students (50.8% female, Mage = 14.5 years, SDage = 0.5 years) and their teachers. First, the three-dimensional structure of both PIQ versions was confirmed by confirmatory item factor analysis. The α and ω coefficients demonstrated good reliability for all scales. Second, a correlated trait-correlated method minus one model provided evidence that the method-specificity of teacher ratings was larger than the consistency between the self-reports and teacher ratings. Third, the results of a latent difference model indicated that general method effects can partly be explained by a student’s gender or special educational needs. Finally, the low consistency between self-reports and teacher rating is discussed.
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spelling doaj.art-15cc6368a22f4a4d8aad6478b9b6584b2022-12-22T00:27:28ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782019-07-011010.3389/fpsyg.2019.01637458198What Do Teachers Think About Their Students’ Inclusion? Consistency of Students’ Self-Reports and Teacher RatingsMartin Venetz0Carmen L. A. Zurbriggen1Susanne Schwab2Susanne Schwab3University of Applied Sciences of Special Needs Education, Zurich, SwitzerlandFaculty of Educational Science, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, GermanyDepartment of Education, University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaResearch Focus Area Optentia, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to investigate the consistency between the self-reports and teacher ratings of students’ emotional and social inclusion at school as well as for their academic self-concept. The German version of the Perceptions of Inclusion Questionnaire (PIQ) was administered to 329 grade 8 students (50.8% female, Mage = 14.5 years, SDage = 0.5 years) and their teachers. First, the three-dimensional structure of both PIQ versions was confirmed by confirmatory item factor analysis. The α and ω coefficients demonstrated good reliability for all scales. Second, a correlated trait-correlated method minus one model provided evidence that the method-specificity of teacher ratings was larger than the consistency between the self-reports and teacher ratings. Third, the results of a latent difference model indicated that general method effects can partly be explained by a student’s gender or special educational needs. Finally, the low consistency between self-reports and teacher rating is discussed.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01637/fullself-reportteacher ratingassessment accuracyinclusionacademic self-concept
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What Do Teachers Think About Their Students’ Inclusion? Consistency of Students’ Self-Reports and Teacher Ratings
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self-report
teacher rating
assessment accuracy
inclusion
academic self-concept
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title_short What Do Teachers Think About Their Students’ Inclusion? Consistency of Students’ Self-Reports and Teacher Ratings
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teacher rating
assessment accuracy
inclusion
academic self-concept
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