Student personal perception of classroom climate: Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 858-879

  Rowe, Ellen W ^a   Kim, Sangwon ^b   Baker, Jean A ^c   Kamphaus, Randy W ^d   Horne, Arthur M ^e  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

and confirmatory factor analysis; classroom climate; exploratory factor analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956971371     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164410378085     Document Type: Article

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