Grade Level Contributions to the Variance of Flanders’ Interaction Categories
To examine the contribution of grade-level to the variance of Flanders' Categories when corrected for individual teacher characteristics, two series of one-way analysis of co-variance were carried out using 1. ) the MTAI and 2. ) the Respect and Genuineness Scales as concomitant variables. Significant (p <.05) grade level effects were found only for Flanders' Categories 4, 5, and 6. Scheffe multiple comparisons yielded no significant F's. It was concluded that when individual teacher characteristics are corrected for, grade-level effects on the variance of Flanders' Categories are significant only in the cases of the categories most directly concerned with subject matter and the significance attained is an effect of the variance contributed by all grade levels with no one significant source of differences identified.