Developing and Validate ding Teacher Effectiveness Scale for Higher Secondary School Teachers

Author(s): K Muruganantham and Dr. M Muthamizhselvan

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The purpose of the paper is to determine the extent to which the higher secondary school teachers are having the Teacher effectiveness. The teacher in the emerging Indian society has a very pivotal role to play in the social reconstruction and in the transmission of wisdom, knowledge and experience of one generation to another. Children are the potential wealth of a nation. They are always exposed to the influence of the teachers. It is, therefore, necessary to realize that emerging society can achieve all round development, with the help of the teachers who act as a powerful agency in transmitting its cherished values. A well-structured questionnaire was administered to the higher secondary school teachers. Initially, the tool was constructed with 69 statements, posing questions, which are five point scales. To standardize the tool, the researcher used ‘t’ test. Based on the value of ‘t,’ finally 55 statements were retained for the final study. This paper discusses about the development of the scale, to measure the Teacher effectiveness among higher secondary school teachers. The investigator decided to construct and standardize a scale to measure the Teacher effectiveness of higher secondary school teachers. In order to develop the scale at the preliminary stage, the investigator consulted the experts in the professional, referred books; journals related to Teacher effectiveness and also visited websites and gathered a variety of information, regarding Teacher effectiveness. Based on that as many as 69 five point scale questions were selected for the pilot study.

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