Research question: How prepared do English teachers feel across key early childhood education competency areas (child development, behavior management, play-based pedagogy,...
Research question: How prepared do English teachers feel across key early childhood education competency areas (child development, behavior management, play-based pedagogy, parent communication)?
1. Well written survey question
I feel confident managing student behaviour in my preschool classroom.
○ Strongly Disagree
○ Disagree
○ Neither Agree nor Disagree
○ Agree
○ Strongly Agree
This survey question is good because it ask about 1 thing (behaviour management preparedness), with context (in preschool setting). I also used Likert scale to allows nuanced response, with neutral wording. Finally, this is central to the RQ, making it valuable as a key variable.
1. Poorly written survey question
Do you think the lack of proper training has made it difficult for you to effectively manage challenging student behaviors
○ Strongly Disagree
○ Disagree
○ Neither Agree nor Disagree
○ Agree
○ Strongly Agree
This survey question has some significant flaws, e.g., the phrase "lack of proper training" assumes either the teacher lacks training, or the training was not "proper" and pushes respondents toward the agree side. It also assumed the teacher has difficulties, which might not necessarily be the case. It also cannot be analysed meaningfully, because we cannot tell if the teacher disagrees with the "lack of training", "made it difficult" or "effectively manage the behaviours"