Students' perceptions of secondary science teachers' interpersonal style in six countries: a study on the cross national validity of the questionnaire on teacher interaction

This study compares the Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction (QTI) constructed by Wubbels, et al., for six countries including The Netherlands, United States, Australie, Slovakia, Singapore and Brunei. The Model for Interpersonal Teacher Behavior (MITB) as a circomplex model with specific properties is discussed and an overview of methods to analyse these properties is given. Earlier research on the validity and reliability of the QTI is discussed in terms of these methods. Finally, outcomes of analyses of the validity and reliability of the QTI using data from the six countries is presented