Research Instruments
A researcher-made checklist-questionnaire of
60 items is shown in the specification
Grid in Table 2.
Appendix A shows
the checklist-questionnaire.
The
questionnaire begins with the personal background of the respondent. Part I
covered teachers’ professional preparation in terms of highest educational
attainment, relevant inservice training, and relevant teaching experience. Part
II focused on teachers’ professional practices constituting eight factors. The
practices included instructional planning and delivery, classroom management,
teacher-learner interaction, subject content, evaluation, and professional
responsibilities and relationships. Part II concentrated on teaching
effectiveness which covered. Important teaching dimensions of planning and
preparation, classroom environment, instruction, professional responsibilities,
and use of student assessment. All three
parts with a total of 60 items are broken down to 5 for professional
preparation, 30 for professional practices, and 25 for teaching effectiveness.
Part I was more informative on the
personal qualification of teachers. Parts II and III were composed of
evaluative items using rubrics and descriptors anchored on a rating scale of 1
to 5.
Table
2
Specification Grid of the Checklist-Questionnaire on
Teachers’ Professional Preparation, Practices, and Teaching Effectiveness
Content
|
Item
Numbers
|
Total
Items
|
· Background
of the Respondent
|
|
(5)
|
Part I.
Teachers’ Professional Preparation
|
|
(5)
|
A. Highest Educational Attainment
|
1, 2
|
2
|
B. Relevant Inservice Training
|
3, 4
|
2
|
C. Relevant Teaching Experience
|
5
|
1
|
Part II.
Teachers’ Professional Practices
|
|
(30)
|
A. Instructional Planning
|
1,
2, 3
|
3
|
B. Instructional Delivery
|
4,
5, 6, 7
|
4
|
C. Classroom Management
|
8, 9, 10, 11, 12
|
5
|
D. Teacher-Learner Interaction
|
13,
14, 15, 16, 17, 18
|
6
|
E. Subject Content
|
19,
20, 21
|
3
|
F. Evaluation
|
22,
23
|
2
|
G. Professional Responsibilities
|
24,
25, 26, 27
|
4
|
H. Professional Relationships
|
28,
29, 30
|
3
|
Part III.
Teaching Effectiveness
|
|
(25)
|
A. Planning and Preparation
|
1 –
5
|
5
|
B. Classroom Environment
|
6 –
11
|
6
|
C. Instruction
|
12 –
17
|
6
|
D. Professional Responsibilities
|
18 –
22
|
5
|
E. Use of Student Assessment
|
23 -
25
|
3
|
Overall Total
|
|
60
|
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