Thompson, D. L. (1984). The influences of guaranteed, semi-voluntary and voluntary student clienteles on the dominative/integrative teaching style of high school teachers. Dissertation Abstracts International, 45 (07), 1951. (UMI No. 8422878)
Examined relationship between teaching style and course electivity, elective, semi-elective and required. Also if classroom climate correlates with electivity. 23 teachers across 4 subject matter areas, who teach in two types of classes, 46 paired classrooms for repeated measures design. Flanders' I/D ratio was calculated from audio-tape data. Classroom climate measured by questionnaire. T-tests revealed no significant differences between course electivity and teaching style. ANOVA analysis, controlling for class size and grade level, revealed more positive climate in elective courses than either semi-elective or required. Students regarded semi-elective as required.
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