Table 10 Reliability for students’ feelings towards their math and science classroom teachers

1. Math/science teacher values and listens to students’ ideas

1

2

3

4

2. Math/science teacher treats students with respect

1

2

3

4

3. Math/science teacher treats every student fairly

1

2

3

4

4. Math/science teacher thinks every student can be successful

1

2

3

4

5. Math/science teacher thinks mistakes are okay as long as all students learn

1

2

3

4

6. Math/science teacher treats some kids better than other kids

1

2

3

4

7. Math/science teacher makes math/science interesting

1

2

3

4

8. Math/science teacher treats males and females differently

1

2

3

4

9. Math/science teacher makes math easy to understand

1

2

3

4

Reliability

Cronbach’s Alpha (α)

Feeling about math teacher

Feeling about science teacher

0.89

0.89