A group of high ability students (n = 32) described the qualities of their most effective teachers through a written essay. Analysis of the essays identified 30 different themes within four domains. These themes were used to construct a Likert scale survey and an ipsative comparison which were both administered to 42 teachers and 300 students at a secondary school for high ability female students in Singapore. Results show that, while there are similarities, there are also statistically significant differences between the qualities of effective teachers as perceived by teachers and students. In addition, the results also show that students demonstrate a preference for teachers' personality and socio-emotional qualities over their classroom management skills, thinking skills or moral and ethical qualities. (Contains 9 tables, 3 figures, and 1 footnote.)
Authors
- Education Level
- ['High Schools', 'Secondary Education']
- Location
- Singapore
- Peer Reviewed
- F
- Publication Type
- Reports - Research
- Published in
- United States of America
Table of Contents
- The Qualities of Effective Teachers of High Ability Female Secondary School Students 1
- Keywords 2
- The Qualities of Effective Teachers of High Ability Female Secondary School Students 3
- Introduction 3
- Literature Review 3
- Significance of the Study 4
- Figure 1 5
- Purpose of the Study 6
- Research Questions 6
- Method 7
- Demographic Information 7
- Collection of Qualitative Data 7
- Instrument Design 9
- Collection of Quantitative Data 10
- Ethical Considerations 11
- Results 11
- Themes Identified from Students Essays about the Qualities of their Most Effective Teachers 12
- Reliability Statistics for the Six Point Likert Scale Surveys taken by Teachers and Students 12
- The Most Popular Qualities of Effective Teachers as Determined by Teachers and Students 13
- Responses to the Six Point Likert Scale Survey 13
- The Most Popular Qualities of Effective Teachers as Determined by Teachers and Students 14
- Responses to the Ipsative Comparison 14
- Qualities for which there are Statistically Significant Differences in Means between 15
- Teachers and Students Responses to the Six Point Likert Scale Survey 15
- M SD M SD 15
- Qualities for which there are Statistically Significant Differences in Means between 16
- Teachers and Students Responses to the Ipsative Comparison 16
- M SD M SD 16
- Summary of Results for the Likert Scale Survey A Comparison of Teachers and Students 17
- Mean Scores on Each of the Four Domains 17
- M SD M SD 17
- A Graphical Summary of the Results for the Likert Scale Survey A Comparison of Teachers 17
- Summary of Results for the Ipsative Comparison A Comparison of Teachers and Students 18
- Mean Scores on Each of the Four Domains 18
- M SD M SD 18
- A Graphical Summary of the Results for the Ipsative Comparison A Comparison of 19
- Teachers and Students Mean Scores on Each of the Four Domains 19
- Which Qualities of Effective Teachers do Students Value the Most A Comparison of 20
- Students Mean Scores Across All Four Domains 20
- M SD 20
- Discussion 20
- Implications and Recommendations 20
- Limitations to the Study 23
- Future Research 23
- References 25
- Psychological Review 51 25
- Research design 25
- Gifted Child Quarterly 27 25
- Gifted Child Quarterly 36 25
- Discovering statistics using SPSS 25
- Gifted Child 25
- Quarterly 44 25
- SPSS for Windows step by step 25
- Gifted Child Quarterly 50 25
- Journal for the Education of the Gifted 31 25
- Gifted Child Quarterly 29 25
- Qualitative data analysis 25
- Survey research The basics 25
- Designing and conducting survey research A 26
- International Journal of Educational Research 47 26
- Gifted Child Quarterly 44 26
- Methodologies 26
- Qualities of effective teachers 26
- Journal for the Education of the Gifted 26
- Gifted Child Quarterly 33 26
- Current Directions in 26
- Psychological Science 9 26
