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- Title
Dynamics of Teacher-Student Relationships: Stability and Change Across Elementary School and the Influence on Children's Academic Success.
- Authors
Spilt, Jantine L.; Hughes, Jan N.; Wu, Jiun‐Yu; Kwok, Oi‐Man
- Abstract
This study modeled teacher-student relationship trajectories throughout elementary school to predict gains in achievement in an ethnic-diverse sample of 657 academically at-risk students (mean age = 6.57 years, SD = .39). Teacher reports of warmth and conflict were collected in Grades 1-5. Achievement was tested in Grades 1 and 6. For conflict, low-stable (normative), low-increasing, high-declining, and high-stable trajectories were found. For warmth, high-declining (normative) and low-increasing patterns were found. Children with early behavioral, academic, or social risks were underrepresented in the normative trajectory groups. Chronic conflict was most strongly associated with underachievement. Rising conflict but not declining Conflict coincided with underachievement. The probability of school failure increased as a function of the timing and length of time children were exposed to relational adversity.
- Subjects
TEACHER-student relationships research; ACADEMIC achievement research; CONFLICT (Psychology) -- Social aspects; ELEMENTARY school teachers; SCHOOL children; ECONOMIC history
- Publication
Child Development, 2012, Vol 83, Issue 4, p1180
- ISSN
0009-3920
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01761.x