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VANDENBERG, R.J. & LANCE, C.E. (2000). A review and synthesisAPPENDIXTeacher Responsibility Scale (TRS) and corresponding Italian versionImagine that the following situations would occur whenyou have classes of your own. To what extent would youfeel PERSONALLY responsible that you should haveprevented each of the following?Immagini che le seguenti situazioni si verificasseronella Sua classe. In che misura si sentirebbePERSONALMENTE responsabile e/o si sentirebbe diaver dovuto impedire ciascuna delle seguenti situazioni?I would feel PERSONALLY responsible if… Mi sentirei PERSONALMENTE responsabile se …..…a student of mine was not interested in the subject Iteach (RSM1)…un mio studente non fosse interessato alla materia cheinsegno (RSM1)…a student of mine did not like the subject I teach(RSM2)…un mio studente non amasse la materia che insegno(RSM2)…a student of mine did not value learning the subject Iteach (RSM3)…un mio studente non considerasse importantel’apprendimento della materia che insegno (RSM3)…a student of mine failed to make excellent progressthroughout the school year (RSA1)…un mio studente non riuscisse a fare eccellentiprogressi durante l’anno scolastico (RSA1)…a student of mine failed to learn the required material(RSA2)…un mio studente non riuscisse ad imparare il materialerichiesto (RSA2)…a student of mine had very low achievement (RSA3) …un mio studente ottenesse risultati molto scarsi (RSA3)…a student of mine thought he/she could not count onme when he/she needed help (RRS1)…un mio studente avesse pensato di non poter contare sudi me quando aveva bisogno di aiuto (RRS1)…a student of mine did not think that he/she could trustme with his/her problems in or outside of school (RRS2)…un mio studente pensasse di non potersi fidare di mese ha dei problemi all’interno o all’esterno della scuola(RRS2)…a student of mine did not believe that I truly caredabout him/her (RRS3)…un mio studente non credesse che io veramente miinteresso a lui / lei (RRS3)…a lesson I taught was not as effective for studentlearning as I could have possibly made it (RTE1)…una lezione che ho svolto non fosse stata, perl’apprendimento degli studenti, così efficace quantoinvece avrei potuto fare (RTE1)…a lesson I taught was not as engaging for students as Icould have possibly made it (RTE2)…una lezione che ho svolto non fosse stata cosìcoinvolgente come invece avrei potuto fare (RTE2)…a lesson I taught failed to reflect my highest ability asa teacher (RTE3)…una mia lezione non riflettesse le mie più alte capacitàcome insegnante (RTE3)Note. All items were rated on a 7 point Likert scale from 0 = Not at all responsible to 6 = Completely responsible.Legenda. RSM = Responsibility for Student Motivation; RSA = Responsibility for Student Achievement; RRS = Responsibility forRelationships with Students; RTE = Responsibility for Teaching.of the measurement invariance literature: Suggestions, practices,andrecommendationsfororganizationalresearch.OrganizationalResearch Methods, 3, 4-70.

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