Using Mullins Library – Jordan Bennett

Part A
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Part B

CRIM 2003: Introduction to Criminology and Criminal Justice

Dr. Mindy Bradley
*Studying Measuring Crime in Week 1
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Part C
Part C Step 2
1) Who is author?
a. Betsy Orr
2) What is the name of the theses/dissertation?
a. “The management skills of business education student teachers' performance in the classroom as
perceived by cooperating teachers, university supervisors, and student teachers in Arkansas,
Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.”
3) What is the year of the theses/dissertation?
a. 1994
4) What institution did the author go to?
a. University of Arkansas
5) What was the purpose of the study?
a. “The purpose of the study is to identify the classroom management skills most needed by
student teachers as perceived by business education cooperating teachers, supervising teachers,
and student teachers.”
6) What was the conclusion of the study?
a. “The conclusions drawn from the study were based on data obtained from the hypotheses stated
in Chapter I. According to the results of this study, females are more likely to choose business
education than males. The majority of student teachers are in the age range of 20 to 30 while the
majority of teachers in business education are in the 41 to 50 age range. While most student
teachers are pursuing a bachelor's degree, a growing number are seeking teacher certification
only. More than half of the cooperating teachers hold a master's degree while more than half of
the university supervisors have a doctorate degree. As the number of teaching experience
increased with the cooperating teachers and university supervisors, the number of student
teachers supervised increased. Three hypotheses were tested. An analysis of the mean, standard
deviation, and analysis of variance for hypothesis one indicated agreement among the student
teachers and cooperating teachers on 42 items on the questionnaire. Student teachers and
cooperating teachers differed significantly in educational level and teaching experience. It is
perceived by the researcher that the longer the student teacher is associated with the cooperating
teacher, the more in agreement they will become. An analysis of the mean, standard deviation,
and analysis of variance for hypothesis two indicated agreement among the student teachers and
university supervisors on 47 items on the questionnaire. It seems reasonable to conclude that the
amount of instructional time of university supervisors with student teachers will result in similar
ratings on classroom management skills needed. An analysis of the mean, standard deviation,
and analysis of variance for hypothesis three indicated agreement among cooperating teachers
and university supervisors on 47 items on the questionnaire. The findings of this study have
implications for all teacher-education institutions. Successful classroom management skills lead
to teacher effectiveness. Frequently, student teachers voice a concern of insecurity in their
classroom management skills. More attention should be given to classroom management to
better prepare students for the student teaching experience.”
7) Why would this particular study be important in your field?
a. It is important because as a student I want teachers with high levels of education on the subjects
I am learning regardless of where I am in my education. By learning from higher educated
teachers this will allow me to grow my understanding of my degree to an even larger amount
and help prepare me for when I start my own business on day.
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Part C Step 3
1. Who is the professor that you have taken a class with? Or a professor that you are currently taking
a class with?
a. Betsy Orr
2. What is the name of the class? Give the alpha code AND number.
a. CIED 1003
3. What year did he/she write their dissertation?
a. 1994
4. What is the name of the dissertation?
a. “The management skills of business education student teachers' performance in the
classroom as perceived by cooperating teachers, university supervisors, and student teachers
in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.”
5. What institution did the professor go to when he/she published their dissertation?
a. University of Arkansas
6. Skip to the end of the dissertation. What was the conclusion of the study? (You can type this word
for word.)
a. “The conclusions drawn from the study were based on data obtained from the hypotheses
stated in Chapter I. According to the results of this study, females are more likely to choose
business education than males. The majority of student teachers are in the age range of 20 to
30 while the majority of teachers in business education are in the 41 to 50 age range. While
most student teachers are pursuing a bachelor's degree, a growing number are seeking
teacher certification only. More than half of the cooperating teachers hold a master's degree
while more than half of the university supervisors have a doctorate degree. As the number of
teaching experience increased with the cooperating teachers and university supervisors, the
number of student teachers supervised increased. Three hypotheses were tested. An analysis
of the mean, standard deviation, and analysis of variance for hypothesis one indicated
agreement among the student teachers and cooperating teachers on 42 items on the
questionnaire. Student teachers and cooperating teachers differed significantly in
educational level and teaching experience. It is perceived by the researcher that the longer
the student teacher is associated with the cooperating teacher, the more in agreement they
will become. An analysis of the mean, standard deviation, and analysis of variance for
hypothesis two indicated agreement among the student teachers and university supervisors
on 47 items on the questionnaire. It seems reasonable to conclude that the amount of
instructional time of university supervisors with student teachers will result in similar
ratings on classroom management skills needed. An analysis of the mean, standard
deviation, and analysis of variance for hypothesis three indicated agreement among
cooperating teachers and university supervisors on 47 items on the questionnaire. The
findings of this study have implications for all teacher-education institutions. Successful
classroom management skills lead to teacher effectiveness. Frequently, student teachers
voice a concern of insecurity in their classroom management skills. More attention should
be given to classroom management to better prepare students for the student teaching
experience.”
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Part C Question 8
8) Pretend that you want to do a similar study to this one. What would you do different? Why?
a. If I were to do a study like this one, I would make a couple minor changes. The first being the
geographical area not being limited to a small few surrounding states. I would do my best to try
and pull my study from states in different coast of the US such as Arkansas, California, New
Jersey, and Florida. The reason I would do this is so I’m not only seeing how the souths
education is affected but also see how it affects the education in the north, east and west.
Secondly, I would have altered the limitation on only secondary business education student
teachers in the fall semester, 1993. I would have let the study go for an entire school year, so the
fall semester of 1993 and the spring semester of 1994. My reasoning behind this is so you can
study one group one semester and get a new group of people to study the next to get a better
variety of results.