摘要：This paper presents the short Scale of Student Experiences with Teaching and Learning. The aim of the scale is to provide a valid, reliable and useful tool for monitoring the important aspects of teaching and learning from the students’ perspective. The conceptual framework for the development of this scale is the learner-centred approach where student experiences are considered as a valid indicator of the quality of support provided to students in school. Results of the validation study carried out on 631 pupils of one grammar school in an urban area are presented. Students assessed their experiences with the learning and teaching of the Croatian language, Mathematics and English language. A computerised version of the scale was administered to students via the Internet in their computer lab. The scale consists of 12 items related to the most relevant aspects of teaching and learning in the classroom. The results reveal the homogeneous unifactorial structure of the scale with high internal consistency. Cronbach α coefficients were .86 for Croatian, .91 for Mathematics and .89 for English. The scale demonstrated adequate discriminant validity, providing good differentiation of assessments for three different subjects as well as for the same subject by different classes of students. Gender differences in the assessment of three subjects are in line with theoretical expectations. The validation of this scale supported the validity and usefulness of student experiences in assessing the important aspects of teaching and learning in a school environment. This scale is therefore a potentially useful tool in diagnostics, teacher self-evaluation and in planning interventions aimed at improving the teaching of various subjects in school.
关键词：learner-centred approach; school self-evaluation; student experience.
