CHAPTER IV
PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
This chapter contains an analysis of the data resulting from testing the two major hypotheses and ten subhypotheses of this dissertation along with a summary of additional data collected.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether using the module "Using Personal Knowledge of Students," which is one of the Florida Modules on Generic Teaching Competencies, would effect change in middle school teachers' behavior when measured by an observation system and student questionnaire. Sixty elementary and middle school teachers from four Florida counties volunteered to use the module as partial fulfillment of inservice requirements for middle school certification. The data were collected using an observation instrument and student questionnaire constructed for the study.
The Statistical Analysis of the Hypotheses
To test the first hypothesis, the T Test for Related
Measures was applied to the Pupil Questionnaire. This statistic was selected because the same people were used for the two sets of data. The Student Interest Observation Instrument was
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