Within schools, principal leadership shows a negative direct relationship with classroom academic demands net of mediating factors¶
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q2 i? In the within-school model, academic demands tend to be lower in classrooms of teachers reporting stronger instructional relationships with the principal, controlling for the mediated pathways. → James Sebastian and Elaine Allensworth 2012
Evidence¶
James Sebastian and Elaine Allensworth 2012¶
James Sebastian and Elaine Allensworth. (2012). The Influence of Principal Leadership on Classroom Instruction and Student Learning: A Study of Mediated Pathways to Learning. Educational Administration Quarterly, 48(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/0013161X11436273
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Within-school SEM result: the direct path from principal leadership to academic demand was −0.10 (p < .05), while the direct between-school path was not significant. No effect size beyond the standardized coefficient is printed.
"Academic demands tend to be lower in classrooms where teachers report stronger instructional relationships with the principal, holding constant the principal leadership's influence with instruction through the other factors (learning climate, program quality, etc.)."
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Related Claims¶
- Principals' instructional leadership practices are linked to improved student outcomes, largely through their support for teachers — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
- Within schools, principal leadership relates to individual teachers' instruction through multiple pathways, with the strongest via program quality (professional development and coherence) — related
- Principals' direct involvement with classroom instruction showed no benefits and some detriments for instructional quality in high schools — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- Between schools, principal leadership has small positive indirect relationships with test-score gains and GPA through the learning climate and classroom instruction — related
- Principal effects on student achievement are largely indirect, mediated through school organizational processes — a broader claim this one bears on
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Within schools, principal leadership shows a negative direct relationship with classroom academic demands net of mediating factors |
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Within schools, principal leadership shows a negative direct relationship with classroom academic demands net of mediating factors |
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