Abstract

Research employing the Technology-Rich Outcomes-Focused Learning Environment Inventory (TROFLEI) was conducted in Australian secondary schools. A sample of 4,146 students from 286 classes responded to the TROFLEI which assesses 10 classroom environment dimensions: student cohesiveness, teacher support, involvement, task orientation, investigation, cooperation, equity, differentiation, computer usage and young adult ethos. Validation data attested to the sound structural characteristics of the TROFLEI. Cluster analysis was used to develop a classroom typology of five relatively homogeneous groups of classes which were described as exemplary; safe and conservative; non-technological teacher-centred; contested technological and contested non-technological. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.)

Citation

Dorman, J.P., Aldridge, J.M. & Fraser, B.J. (2006). Using Students' Assessment of Classroom Environment to Develop a Typology of Secondary School Classrooms. International Education Journal, 7(7), 906-915. Retrieved March 23, 2023 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/103480/.

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Keywords

• classification
• Classroom Design
• Classroom Environment
• Classroom Research
• Foreign Countries
• Homogeneous Grouping
• multivariate analysis
• Program Validation
• Secondary School Students
• student attitudes
• technology integration