2009 Volume 12 Issue 2 Pages 155-169
The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to construct and validate a short version of the Classroom Climate Inventory for elementary school children and (b) to demonstrate its application for school consultation as a practical validity. The original Inventory (Ito & Matsui,2001) was shortened and administered to 2,569 students in 98 classrooms in over 38 elementary schools in Japan. The following 6 scales were obtained from analyses using the class as the unit of analysis; “Involvement in class activities”, “Friction”, “Self-disclosure”, “Task orientation”, “Order” and their reliability was supported by a=.79～.93 and their validity was demonstrated by a significant correlation to mental health scales, such as school morale. The practical utility of the scales were discussed in the context of one class, as an example of consultation with the short version classroom climate inventory. In this one classroom, the data from the short version of the scales described the classroom climate and the teacher and the consultant (school counselor) were able to understand the climate of the classroom and student’s view of the class.
