Personality Variations Among Men Preparing To Teach Physical Education

COPYRIGHTED BY WARREN JUSTUS HUFFMAN 1952 PERSONALITY VARIATIONS AMONG MEN PREPARING TO TEACH PHYSICAL EDUCATION BY WARREN JUSTUS HUFFMAN B.A., Bridgewater College, 1937 A.M., University of Illinois, 1942 Bd.M., University of Illinois, 1949 THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF EDUCATION IN THE GRADUATE COLLEGE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, 1951 URBANA. ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS THE GRADUATE COLLEGE .Ma5^_J.a51_ I HEREBY RECOMMEND THAT THE THESIS PREPARED UNDER MY SUPERVISION BY FMTTTT.F.D WARREN JUSTUS HUFFMAN PERSONALITY VARIATIONS AMONG MEN PREPARING TO TEACH PHYSICAL EDUCATION BE A C C E P T E D IN P A R T I A L F U L F I L L M E N T THE DEGREE OF_ OF THE REQUIREMENTS •DQ£TOR OF EDUCATION ' ^^LJ & J n Charge o f 1 hesis Head.of UTcpartment R e^commendation c o m m e n d a t i o n co.ncurrecKj'nTV concurrecHrit Committee ^T^v^,-^ ^A trPki, g J&S—/2ic/zeu^ t Required for doctor's degree but not for master's. M440 on Final Examination! FOR TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. 1 OVERVIEW OF STUDY Introduction 1 The Problem 6 Procedure 7 II. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE III. IV. V. VI. 11 Measurement of Teaching Efficiency 11 Summary 20 Measurement of Personality 21 Summary 43 RATING OF STUDENT TEACHING 44 Criterion of Teaching Efficiency 44 Construction of Rating Scales 49 Reliability and Validity of the Rating Scales . . . 51 Summary 57 ANALYSIS OF THE DATA.v ' 5g The Central Tendencies, Deviations, and Range of Data 53 Intercorrelation of the Various Measures . . . . . . 90 Summary 92 EVALUATION OF THE STUDY 96 Limitations of the Study 96 Importance of the Study 9$ SUM'.'IARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS 100 Summary Conclusions Recommendations 100 . . . 102 104 TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) BIBLIOGRAPHY PAGE lo6 APPENDICES 112 VITA 147 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The writer gratefully acknowledges his indebtedness to all who have helped to make this study possible and have assisted in carrying the work through to its completion: To the members of his thesis committee at the University of Illinois, Professor F. H. Finch, Chairman, Professor Glenn M. Blair, Professor Thomas K. Cureton, Jr., Professor Charles W. Odell, Professor G. T. Stafford, and Professor W. 0. Stanley for their advice and constructive criticism. To the staff members of the University of Illinois who gave assistance at various stages in the study, Professor N. L. Gage, Professor D. M. Hall, Professor C. 0. Jackson, Professor R. H. Johnson, Professor H. E. Kenney, Professor Clyde Knapp, Mr. Dale Lackey, Mr. Richard Miller, and Mr. David Misner. To Mrs. C. 0. Jackson and Mr. Oscar Adams, who helped in the construction of the Pupils' Rating Scale. Special acknowledgments are due: Professor F. H. Finch, whose guidance, wise counsel, and kind consideration made it possible to carry the study through to its completion. Professor G. T. Stafford, whose constant and never-failing interest in the problem has been a source of inspiration. Mr. Darrell E. Latham, for invaluable aid in gathering and scoring the data and in the construction of the rating scales.