A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENTS' TEACHERS' AND
PRINCIPALS' PERCEPTIONS OF EFFECTIVE TEACHING With today's
emphasis on excellence, accountability and effectiveness, there
have been numerous studies, not only on how to excel but also on
how to measure effectiveness. Education like other businesses
has its fair share of criticism, and its scholars have sought
the causes and made recommendations to improve the state of our
schools today. Yet, there is one area where very little
investigation has been done, and that is in acquiring formally
the perceptions and opinions of the elementary and middle school
students about effective teaching. The students, by being the
actual recipients of classroom interaction, should be as able to
perceive teacher effectiveness as outside observers, yet rarely
are their assessments sought. A reason cited for this lack of
involvement has been the reliability of students' perceptions.
The thrust of this investigation was to address the accuracy of
students' perceptions on