Student Perceptions in Measuring Teaching Behavior Across Six Countries: A Multi-Group Confirmatory Factor Analysis Approach to Measurement Invariance

Stéfanie André; Ridwan Maulana; Michelle Helms-Lorenz; Sibel Telli; Seyeoung Chun; Carmen-María Fernández-García; Thelma de Jager; Yulia Irnidayanti; Mercedes Inda-Caro; Okhwa Lee; Rien Safrina; Thys Coetzee; Meae Jeon

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00273

Student Perceptions in Measuring Teaching Behavior Across Six Countries: A Multi-Group Confirmatory Factor Analysis Approach to Measurement Invariance

Front Psychol. 2020 Feb 21:11:273. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00273. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Administration, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
² Department of Teacher Education, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
³ Department of Mathematics and Science Education, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey.
⁴ Department of Education, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea.
⁵ Department of Educational Sciences, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain.
⁶ Department Educational Foundation, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁷ Department of Biology and Biology Education, State University of Jakarta, East Jakarta, Indonesia.
⁸ Department of Education, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea.
⁹ Department of Music Education, State University of Jakarta, East Jakarta, Indonesia.

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine measurement invariance of scoring of teaching behavior, as perceived by students, across six cultural contexts (Netherlands, Spain, Turkey, South Africa, South Korea, and Indonesia). It also aims to compare perceived teaching behavior across the six countries based on a uniform student measure. Results from multi-group confirmatory factor analyses (MGCFA) showed perceived teaching behavior in the six countries to be adequately invariant. Perceived teaching behavior was the highest in South Korea and the lowest in Indonesia. The findings provide new insights into the relevance and differences of teaching behavior across cultural contexts.

Keywords: cross-country comparison; measurement invariance; secondary education; student perceptions; teaching behavior.