ERIC Number: EJ1432337
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0144-3410
EISSN: EISSN-1469-5820
The Effect of Teacher Self-Efficacy in Behaviour Management on Classroom Behavioural Climate: A Longitudinal Multilevel Cross-Lagged Analysis
Educational Psychology, v44 n4 p415-435 2024
Teacher self-efficacy (TSE) is assumed to affect classroom environment, although empirical evidence for this assumption is still elusive. This study examines the relationship between TSE in behaviour management and classroom behavioural climate using a two-level cross-lagged model. TSE in behaviour management was assessed with six-item subscale of the TSE for Inclusive Practices scale while classroom behavioural climate was assessed with a 17-item scale measuring overall behavioural climate in the classroom. The longitudinal questionnaire data comprises responses from 1110 students and 75 class teachers who had not taught the target classes when the pre-assessment was conducted. At the time of post-assessment, the teachers had taught the target classes for a few months. This design may detect associations between TSE and classroom behavioural climate more sensitively than cross-lagged models were the main variables correlate already at the pre-assessment. Based on the analysis TSE in behaviour management significantly affected classroom behavioural climate, but not vice versa, when controlling the effect of several teacher characteristics and class-composition variables. This indicates that a connection between TSE and classroom behavioural climate seems to indeed exist.
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Teacher Effectiveness, Correlation, Behavior Modification, Student Behavior, Classroom Environment, Teacher Characteristics, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 2; Primary Education; Grade 3; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
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