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The Development of the Dealing with Challenging Interaction (DCI) Method to Evaluate Teachers’ Social Interaction Skills

Markus TalvioMarjo KuuselaKirsti LonkaTaru LintunenErkki Komulainen

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Study groupsevaluation methodologies515 Psychologymedia_common.quotation_subjectsupporting autonomychallenging interactionteacher trainingevaluation method03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineSocial interaction skillsEvaluation methodsSocial emotional learningMathematics educationTeacher Effectiveness TrainingDealing with Challenging InteractionGeneral Materials Sciencevuorovaikutuksen tutkimus030212 general & internal medicineautonomyopettajankoulutusta515media_common4. Education05 social sciencesteacher study groupDiscriminant validity050301 educationsocial interactionglobal ratingsocial and emotional learningSocial relationGlobal Rating516 Educational sciencesPsychology0503 educationSocial psychologyAutonomy

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The Dealing with Challenging Interaction (DCI) method was developed to measure social interaction skills of teacher study groups. The participants were 70 teachers from three schools. The inter-rater agreement, Cohen’s kappa, varied between 0.57- 1.00. The discriminant validity was supported by a cluster analysis differentiating between the skilful and less skilful teachers. The results of the supplementary instrument were equivalent to the cluster analysis maintaining criterion oriented validity of the method developed. The DCI appeared to be a reliable and valid tool for measuring teachers’ social interaction skills. Peer reviewed

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2012-12-01Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.11.454http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.11.454