Positive personal characteristics are among the strongest predictors of school belonging¶

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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r2 · q3
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Subclaims¶

q3 i? Positive personal characteristics, alongside teacher support, were the strongest predictors of school belonging in the meta-analysis. → Allen 2018

Evidence¶

Allen 2018¶

Allen, K., Kern, M.L., Vella-Brodrick, D., Hattie, J., & Waters, L. (2018). What Schools Need to Know About Fostering School Belonging: a Meta-analysis. Educational Psychology Review, 30, 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-016-9389-8

q3 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

Meta-analytic finding across 51 studies (N = 67,378) of adolescent school belonging. The article names "positive personal characteristics" jointly with teacher support as the strongest predictors; no effect size is printed in the available text.

"Teacher support and positive personal characteristics were the strongest predictors of school belonging."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Belonging — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Social support factors (parent, peer, teacher) are among the themes associated with adolescent school belonging — related
• Teacher support is among the strongest predictors of school belonging — related
• Individual-difference themes (academic motivation, emotional stability, gender, race and ethnicity) are associated with school belonging — related