Wim van de Grift|Seyeoung Chun|Ridwan Maulana|Okhwa Lee|Michelle Helms?Lorenz
Measuring teaching quality and student engagement in South Korea and The Netherlands
University of Groningen|Chungnam National University|University of Groningen|Cheongju National University of Education|Chungbuk National University|University of Groningen
six observation scales measuring skills teachers 1 scale measuring student engagement assessed south korea netherlands sufficiently reliable offer sufficient predictive value student engagement multigroup confirmatory factor analysis shows factor loadings intercepts scales within acceptable boundaries countries therefore compare average scores teachers countries reliable valid way 289 dutch teachers score significantly better creating safe stimulating learning climate intensive activating teaching almost significantly efficient classroom management find significant differences clear structured instruction 375 south korean teachers perform significantly better dutch teachers teaching learning strategies almost significantly differentiating instruction furthermore find better student engagement south korea