University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Understanding classroom environments: An organizational sensemaking approach

Gilmore, Michael John

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Title
Understanding classroom environments: An organizational sensemaking approach
Author(s)
Gilmore, Michael John
Issue Date
1990
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Murphy, Joseph
Department of Study
Education
Discipline
Education
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ed.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
  • Education, General
  • Education, Elementary
  • Education, Educational Psychology
Language
eng
Abstract
There has been a call from quantitative and qualitative researchers to study classroom environments. Causal mapping offers a new methodological approach to understanding what might be occurring in classrooms in terms of student attitudes and beliefs. Ten students were randomly selected from two different fifth-grade classrooms. Students were interviewed to determine cognitive concept structures that they use to describe their classroom environments. Causal relationships were determined for variables identified. The primary focus of this study was to determine the efficacy of causal mapping in describing classroom environments. The data support the findings of researchers from political science and business that cognitive mapping is a method which can graphically represent an individual's assertion of causality among a set of variables.
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Copyright 1990 Gilmore, Michael John

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