Student-perceived teacher enthusiasm mediates the relationship between teacher enjoyment and student enjoyment¶
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Evidence · 1 study · associationalr3·q3
Currency · newest study 2009 · checked against its sources 2026-10-24 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person
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q3 i? At the between-classes level, teacher enjoyment predicted perceived enthusiasm (β = .42, p < .01), which predicted student enjoyment (β = .37, p < .01); the direct path from teacher enjoyment to student enjoyment was no longer significant (β = .22, p = .08), and the indirect effect was significant (p < .05). → 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
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Step 3 ML-SEM mediation model (Figure 1) in the same 71-classroom longitudinal field study; the article reports the mediated indirect effect was statistically significant (p < .05) via Mplus IND command, and 89.4% of between-classes variance of student enjoyment was explained.
"Consistent with our mediation hypothesis, teacher enjoyment significantly predicted student-perceived enthusiasm during teaching (/H9252/H11005.42, p /H11021.01), which in turn significantly predicted student enjoyment (/H9252/H11005.37, p /H11021.01). The direct path from teacher enjoyment to student enjoyment was no longer statistically significant ( /H9252/H11005.22, p /H11005.08), further supporting the mediation assumption."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Achievement Emotions — outcome: instruction changes it
- Interest — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- Only the current teacher's enthusiasm relates to students' enjoyment; prior-year teacher enthusiasm is unrelated to next-year enjoyment — related
- Perceived teacher enthusiasm positively predicts student enjoyment at the within-class (individual student) level — related
- Instructor body posture shows no direct effects on students' situational interest, but indirect-only mediation effects through perceived enthusiasm — related
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Student-perceived teacher enthusiasm mediates the relationship between teacher enjoyment and student enjoyment |
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Student-perceived teacher enthusiasm mediates the relationship between teacher enjoyment and student enjoyment |
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2009 |
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2026-10-24 |
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