Item number | Item | Mathematics & Science (n = 27) | Technical (n = 14) | Early Childhood (n = 17) | General Educations (n = 290) | French (n = 12) | F | p-value | |||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||||
1 | Don’t Punish Negative Behaviour | 1.89 | 0.698 | 1.86 | 0.525 | 2.18 | 0.809 | 2.03 | 0.720 | 2.17 | 0.718 | 0.742 | 0.564† |
2 | Motivate | 1.52 | 0.700 | 1.36 | 0.633 | 1.41 | 0.712 | 1.28 | 0.478 | 1.33 | 0.551 | 1.578 | 0.180† |
3 | Overlook Behaviour | 1.89 | 0.801 | 2.29 | 0.825 | 2.65 | 0.606 | 2.33 | 0.807 | 2.33 | 0.778 | 2.691 | 0.631† |
4 | Don’t Punish Disruptive Behaviour | 2.07 | 0.675 | 2.00 | 0.784 | 2.12 | 0.485 | 2.23 | 0.760 | 2.42 | 0.793 | 0.831 | 0.502† |
5 | Reinforce Strategies | 1.30 | 0.609 | 1.29 | 0.469 | 1.53 | 0.717 | 1.58 | 0.717 | 1.42 | 0.669 | 1.599 | 0.174† |
6 | Cane Student | 2.07 | 0.675 | 2.36 | 0.842 | 2.24 | 0.831 | 2.18 | 0.753 | 2.00 | 0.739 | 0.512 | 0.727† |
7 | Commend Students | 2.00 | 4.029 | 1.50 | 0.650 | 1.29 | 0.470 | 1.38 | 0.613 | 1.58 | 0.793 | 1.636 | 0.165† |
8 | Don’t Cane Students | 1.67 | 0.620 | 1.71 | 0.611 | 1.24 | 0.437 | 1.62 | 0.634 | 1.42 | 0.793 | 2.362 | 0.053† |
9 | Demonstrate Positive Behaviour | 1.59 | 0.694 | 1.36 | 0.633 | 1.41 | 0.618 | 1.33 | 0.541 | 1.50 | 0.674 | 1.506 | 0.200† |
10 | Reward with Items | 1.56 | 0.698 | 1.86 | 0.493 | 1.35 | 0.493 | 1.67 | 0.640 | 1.83 | 0.835 | 1.692 | 0.151† |
11 | Reward with Praise | 1.26 | 0.526 | 1.64 | 0.633 | 1.24 | 0.437 | 1.40 | 0.586 | 1.58 | 0.669 | 1.643 | 0.163† |
12 | Special Privileges | 1.59 | 0.694 | 1.71 | 0.726 | 1.88 | 0.781 | 1.71 | 0.684 | 1.92 | 0.793 | 0.706 | 0.588† |
13 | Send Student out of the Classroom | 1.96 | 0.759 | 2.29 | 0.825 | 2.71 | 0.588 | 2.47 | 0.758 | 2.33 | 0.492 | 3.561 | 0.007* |
14 | Take Away Privileges | 1.87 | 0.641 | 2.29 | 0.828 | 1.82 | 2.636 | 2.73 | 0.724 | 2.25 | 0.866 | 2.575 | 0.037* |
15 | Time out | 1.92 | 0.730 | 2.29 | 0.820 | 1.65 | 0.606 | 2.27 | 0.722 | 2.33 | 0.651 | 4.209 | 0.002* |
16 | Verbal Reprimand | 2.15 | 0.718 | 1.86 | 0.770 | 2.24 | 0.664 | 1.98 | 0.732 | 1.92 | 0.669 | 0.975 | 0.422† |