Classroom Environment Scale (CES)
The Classroom Environment Scale (CES) is intended to assess the environment of a high school or junior high school classroom. Focused on perceptions rather than intelligence, personality or interests, the instrument evaluates the effects of course content, teaching methods, teacher personality, class composition and characteristics of the overall classroom environment. It can also be used when the interest is in a particular individual rather than the classroom as a whole.
By contrasting teacher and student perceptions of the classroom, and actual and preferred learning environments, the instrument is intended to help diagnose problems or identify areas that could benefit from change. This covers academics, programs (including specific intervention programs) and leadership. The CES could also be used purely for research purposes.
It is simple to administer, requiring approximately 15 minutes to complete. There are three forms to the CES (Real, Ideal and Expectations). It contains 90 items, organized into nine subscales in three dimensions.
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Relationship Dimension:
Involvement
Affiliation
Teacher Support
Personal Growth/Goal Orientation Dimension:
Task Orientation
Competition
System Maintenance and Change Dimension:
Order and Organization
Rule Clarity
Teacher Control
Innovation
For more information, including example items, see the link to the scale page at Mindgarden below.
Authors
Rudolf H. Moos & Edison Trickett
Learn more about the CES or to Purchase
You can learn more about the CES or purchase at the website of our preferred partner, Classroom Environment Scale at Mindgarden.com.
About Mind Garden, Inc.
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Dissertations Using the Classroom Environment Scale
Below is a list of published dissertations that use the CES. The full versions of these dissertations can be found using ProQuest.
Gonda, B. J. (1990). Nursing student perceptions of learning environments in associate and baccalaureate post-conferences. Columbia University Teachers College).
Rowbotham, M. A. (2007). Teacher perspectives and the psychosocial climate of the classroom in a traditional BSN program. University of Missouri – Saint Louis).