Enthusiasm for mathematics as a subject matter predicts teachers' self-reports but not students' ratings of instructional behaviour¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2008 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Enthusiasm for mathematics as a subject matter predicted teachers' self-reports of instructional behaviour, but was not reflected in students' ratings. → Kunter 2008

Evidence¶

Kunter 2008¶

Kunter, M.; Tsai, Y.-M.; Klusmann, U.; Brunner, M.; Krauss, Stefan; Baumert, J. (2008). Students' and mathematics teachers' perceptions of teacher enthusiasm and instruction. Learning and Instruction 18 (5), S. 468-482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2008.06.008

q3 · i? · associational · r2

The same structural equation modelling analysis found an informant-specific pattern: subject-matter enthusiasm was linked to "teachers' self-reports, but not students' ratings, of instructional behaviour". No effect size is printed.

"By contrast, enthusiasm for mathematics as a subject matter predicted teachers' self-reports, but not students' ratings, of instructional behaviour."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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