------------------------------------------------------- Variable\1\ Study\2\ ------------------------------------------------------- Characteristics of Teachers Teacher experience H, K-M, F Teacher education H, K-M, F Teacher salary H, K-M Total teacher (dummy) H, F Verbal achievement K-M Personality K-M Employment status K-M Turnover rate K-M Socioeconomic status K-M Job satisfaction K-M NTE or other test score K-M, F Financial Measures and Facility Characteristics Expenditures per pupil H, F Administration F Instructional service F Curriculum activities F Transportation F Maintenance F Quality of facilities K-M Policy and Administrative Arrangements Class size H, K-M, F Pupil-teacher ratio H, K-M, F Ability grouping K-M Classroom-based Research Curriculum content K-M Instructional grouping K-M Learning materials K-M Time K-M Teacher expectations K-M Homework K-M Reinforcement practices K-M Performance feedback K-M Proportion time students engaged B-S Proportion time self-paced B-S Proportion time substantive B-S Proportion time students grouped B-S Proportion time students tutored B-S Minutes per subject B-S Process variables M -------------------------------------------------------1/ The classification of variables is taken from King and MacPhail-Wilcox, 1994.
SOURCE: Robert Berne and Leanna Stiefel,
unpublished tabulations.
