Teacher communion is a stronger predictor of student emotions than teacher agency¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r1–r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? For students, teacher communion explained more variance in their emotions than teacher agency. → Donker 2021 q3 i? Higher communion per all three perspectives was associated with higher positive and lower negative student emotions, with the effect clearly stronger for students than teachers. → Donker 2021 (2)

Evidence¶

Donker 2021¶

Donker, M. H., van Vemde, L., Hessen, D. J., van Gog, T., & Mainhard, T. (2021). Observational, student, and teacher perspectives on interpersonal teacher behavior: Shared and unique associations with teacher and student emotions. Learning and Instruction, vol. 73, 101414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2020.101414

q3 · i? · associational · r1

Standard multiple regression analyses at the teacher/class level with teacher and student positive and negative emotions as dependent variables (final sample of 76 teachers after listwise deletion). The total explained variance including all three predictors ranged from 0.06 of 6.59 to 56.9% (2.84 of 4.99) for student negative emotions from teacher communion.

"Especially for students, teacher communion explained more variance in their emotions as compared to teacher agency."

Donker 2021 (2)¶

Donker, M. H., van Vemde, L., Hessen, D. J., van Gog, T., & Mainhard, T. (2021). Observational, student, and teacher perspectives on interpersonal teacher behavior: Shared and unique associations with teacher and student emotions. Learning and Instruction, vol. 73, 101414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2020.101414

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Bivariate correlational analyses at the class/teacher level. Higher communion per all three perspectives was associated with significantly higher positive and lower negative emotions, "although the effect was clearly stronger for students".

"Bi-variate correlations indicated that higher communion levels during the lesson according to all three perspectives (observer, student, and teacher) were associated with significantly higher levels of positive teacher and student emotions and lower levels of negative emotions, although the effect was clearly stronger for students."

Discussion¶

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• Same-rater associations between teacher behavior ratings and emotions are unlikely to result from common-method bias only — related
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