Validity and reliability of a shortened, revised version of the Constructivist Learning Environment Survey (CLES)

Learning Environments Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-80

  Johnson, Bruce ^a   McClure, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beginning science teachers; Classroom learning environment; Constructivist Learning Environment Survey (CLES); Exploratory factor analysis; Internal consistency reliability; Teacher perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843147263     PISSN: 13871579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:LERI.0000022279.89075.9f     Document Type: Article

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