The Non-Nil Null Hypothesis: How Much Motivating Language Does a Leader Need for School Improvement?

• In Event: Park Central Roundtable Session 15
  In Roundtable Session: Leadership Toward Improvement: Perspectives of School Leaders

Abstract

The purpose of our study is to establish a practical significance value for motivating language use of principals striving to improve schools. Fall 2017, Motivating Language Scale (MLS) data from two groups of principals—those in high performing (n=62) versus those in lower performing elementary schools based on student achievement data (n=47) were used to test this procedure known as the non-nil null hypothesis testing. O

Authors

• Michele A. Parker, University of North Carolina - Wilmington

• William Holmes, University of Wyoming

• Isadore Newman, Florida International University