Today, during our fourth session, we were introduced to some of the classroom environment instruments by Dr Quek. I find this extremely useful as I have a clearer picture now and know briefly what these acronyms (LEI, CES, WIHIC, MCI, QTI, etc) stand for. It is also interesting to note that different instruments can only be used at different levels the students are in. The instruments, once seems alien to me, now are not as daunting as it may be. The overview table of scales contained in 9 classroom environment instruments given to us is indeed very useful. I will definitely refer to this table when doing my literature review in the future. I guess I will need to read some of the past literature papers once more, to understand better what, how and why that particular instrument is used in the study to assess the classroom learning environment. However, I still have problem interpreting the data.
I enjoyed getting my hands dirty with the SPSS program for today’s lesson. This is my first time using such program and I believe in the benefits this program can render when researchers need to analyze their massive collection of data. Again, once the report is generated, the results do not make much sense. As I do not have any statistical background, this task proves to be challenging for me. I am looking forward to the next session as Dr Quek mentioned that we will continue with this SPSS program.
Alright everybody, I’m back to my readings….
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