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Development and psychometric properties of the transformational teaching questionnaire.

Mark R Beauchamp1, Julian Barling, Zhen Li

  • 1School of Human Kinetics, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. mark.beauchamp@ubc.ca

Journal of Health Psychology
|June 5, 2010
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This study developed and validated the Transformational Teaching Questionnaire (TTQ) for physical education. The TTQ reliably measures transformational teaching, linking it to student motivation and positive feelings.

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Published on: August 29, 2025

Area of Science:

  • Educational Psychology
  • Sport Pedagogy
  • Leadership Studies

Background:

  • Transformational leadership theory provides a framework for understanding effective leadership.
  • Measuring transformational teaching in physical education is crucial for enhancing student experiences.
  • Existing measures may not adequately capture the nuances of transformational teaching in school settings.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a reliable and accurate measure of transformational teaching.
  • To ensure the measure is suitable for school-based physical education contexts.
  • To assess the relationship between transformational teaching and adolescent psychological outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Instrument development involved teachers, students, and experts to ensure content validity and appropriateness.
  • Multilevel confirmatory factor analysis was used with a large adolescent sample (n=2761) to test factorial validity.
  • Concurrent validity was examined by correlating transformational teaching scores with measures of adolescent self-determined motivation and positive affect.

Main Results:

  • The Transformational Teaching Questionnaire (TTQ) demonstrated strong factorial validity.
  • The TTQ showed positive associations with adolescent self-determined motivation.
  • Transformational teaching was positively related to adolescent positive affect.

Conclusions:

  • The Transformational Teaching Questionnaire (TTQ) is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing transformational teaching in physical education.
  • Transformational teaching practices are associated with enhanced student motivation and positive emotional experiences.
  • The findings support the application of transformational leadership principles within physical education pedagogy.