Thinking Styles Inventory for Teachers about Teachers
This is a questionnaire about the different styles teachers use. Read each statement carefully and
decide how well it describes you. Use the scale provided to indicate how well the statement fits
the way you typically teach at school. Circle 1 if the statement does not fit you at all, that is, you
almost never do things this way. Circle 7 if the statement fits you extremely well, that is, you
almost always do things this way. Use the values in between to indicate that the statement fits
you in varying degrees.
1
Not At
All Well
2
Not Very
Well
3
Slightly
Well
4
Somewhat
Well
5
Well
6
Very Well
7
Extremely
Well
There are, of course, no right or wrong answers. Please read each statement and circle the
number on the scale next to the statement that best indicates how well the statement describes
you. Please proceed at your own pace, but do not spend too much time on any one statement.
1. Students should learn to do what they are told.
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5
6
7
2. Students need to learn to be more critical and evaluative of
what they read.
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5
6
7
3. The best way to improve teaching and learning in American
1
schools is to make opportunities for teachers to observe each
other and to have the time to evaluate and critique each other’s
performances.
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3
4
5
6
7
4. I frequently assign students independent projects.
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2
3
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5
6
7
5. I like to follow instructions when I am teaching.
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2
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5
6
7
6. I prefer to assign paper topics to my students rather than
having them select their own topics.
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2
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6
7
7. I believe that instructions of administrators are as important
for a teacher as a teacher’s instructions are for pupil.
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2
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5
6
7
8. I teach my students to be aware of the importance of
creativity in every kind of activity – in learning, at school, at
work, as well as in personal living.
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2
3
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5
6
7
9. A good student always listens carefully to directions.
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7
10. In my classes, I try to motivate students to use their creative
abilities.
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6
7
11. For a written assignment, I want my students to generate their 1
own topic.
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3
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5
6
7
12. I like to use tasks that allow each student to do things his or
own way.
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2
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5
6
7
13. Teachers should be encouraged to be self-reflective,
analytical and evaluative with respect to their own teaching
performance.
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2
3
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5
6
7
14. I want my students to develop their own ways of solving
problems.
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2
3
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5
6
7
15. One of the most important things teachers do is to evaluate
1
student’s progress.
16. I like students to plan an investigation of a topic they believe 1
is important.
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3
4
5
6
7
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3
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5
6
7
17. It is more important to learn to evaluate ideas than merely to
memorize or even to generate ideas.
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2
3
4
5
6
7
18. I think that guidelines for teaching should contain
step-by-step strategies for implementing lessons.
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2
3
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5
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7
19. Students should learn to follow the teacher’s directions
precisely.
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2
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4
5
6
7
20. Teachers should give continual feedback on students’
progress.
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5
6
7
21. Students accept too much of what they read at face value.
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2
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5
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7