Only the current teacher's enthusiasm relates to students' enjoyment; prior-year teacher enthusiasm is unrelated to next-year enjoyment¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r3 · q3
Currency · newest study 2009 · checked against its sources 2026-10-24 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? In an additional model including Grade 7 perceived teacher enthusiasm, prior-year enthusiasm was unrelated to Grade 8 student enjoyment, and the mediation was largely unaffected. → Frenzel 2009

Evidence¶

Frenzel 2009¶

Frenzel, A. C., Goetz, T., Lüdtke, O., Pekrun, R., & Sutton, R. E. (2009). Emotional Transmission in the Classroom: Exploring the Relationship Between Teacher and Student Enjoyment. Journal of Educational Psychology, 101(3), 705–716. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0014695

q3 · i? · associational · r3

Supplementary ML-SEM reported in footnote 3, adding Grade 7 perceived teacher enthusiasm to the mediation model; the model fit well (CFI = .99, TLI = .98, RMSEA = .027). The article concludes only the current teacher is relevant for students' emotional experiences.

"It revealed that at the between-classes level, perceived teacher enthusiasm in Grade 7 was unrelated to student enjoyment in Grade 8. In addition, the mediation remained largely unaffected upon the introduction of Grade 7 teacher enjoyment."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Achievement Emotions — outcome: instruction changes it
• Interest — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Perceived teacher enthusiasm positively predicts student enjoyment at the within-class (individual student) level — related
• Student-perceived teacher enthusiasm mediates the relationship between teacher enjoyment and student enjoyment — related
• Teacher enjoyment and student enjoyment in mathematics classrooms are positively related even after controlling for students' prior-year enjoyment — related