Teachers' personalities and students' behavior in referrals for special education.
84 regular classroom teachers completed four self-report personality scales (self-concept, tolerance, locus of control, and teachers' efficacy) and reviewed hypothetical records of three types of students (withdrawn, acting-out, and neutral) and made decisions for referral for each student to special education. Scores for self-concept, tolerance, locus of control, and teachers' efficacy were not related to their decisions to refer across types of students.
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Georgia Public Schools, USA.
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D'Amato
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D000328:Adult; D004519:Education, Special; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D010552:Personality Assessment; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012649:Self Concept; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D013663:Teaching