ERIC Number: ED559720
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Sep
Pages: 6
Abstractor: As Provided
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Focusing on Teacher-Student Interactions Eliminates the Negative Impact of Students' Disruptive Behavior on Teacher Perceptions
Hafen, Christopher A.; Ruzek, Erik A.; Gregory, Anne; Allen, Joseph P.; Mikami, Amori Yee
Grantee Submission, International Journal of Behavioral Development v39 n5 p426-431 Sep 2015
This study tests the impact of a randomly assigned professional development coaching intervention (MyTeachingPartner-Secondary; MTP-S) on teacher projections of their students' educational attainment. Results indicate that students who report more behavior problems in the Fall of the academic year are projected by teachers to have lower future educational attainment in the Spring of the academic year. However, analyses further indicate that participation in the MTP-S intervention moderates the association between Fall student behavior problems and teachers' Spring projections for student attainment, such that this link is not significant for students in classrooms where the teacher is participating in MTP-S. In fact, results indicate that teachers who participate in the intervention project better educational attainment for their students than teachers who are in a business-as-usual control condition, regardless of their students' behavior. Findings are discussed in terms of the role that interventions targeting classroom interactions may play in altering teachers' internal view of students, thus ultimately promoting adolescent development. [This paper was published in "International Journal of Behavioral Development" (EJ1072051).]
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Student Relationship, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Attainment, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Intervention, Correlation, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Adolescent Development, Secondary School Students, Educational Environment, Secondary School Teachers, Demography, Student Characteristics, Teacher Characteristics, Measures (Individuals)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A100367