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The importance of teacher interpersonal behaviour for secondary science students in Kashmir. (2005)

Abstract
The importance teacher interpersonal behaviour for secondary science students attitudes Kashmir Perry den Brok IVLOS Institute Education Utrecht University Darrell Fisher Rekha Koul Science and Mathematics Education Centre Curtin University Technology submitted Journal Classroom Interaction January Corresponding author den Brok IVLOS Institute Education Utrecht University Box Utrecht the Netherlands tel fax email denbrok ivlos Teaching and attitudes Kashmir Abstract This study focuses the relationship between teacher student interpersonal behaviour and students attitudes toward science investigate this relationship student perception data have been gathered with secondary science students located classes Kashmir India Teacher interpersonal behaviour was conceptualised terms two behavioural dimensions Influence the degree teacher control communication with students and Proximity the degree cooperativeness between teacher and students and measured with the Questionnaire Teacher Interaction QTI Multilevel analyses variance were conducted students attitude scores and the effect the interpersonal variables was corrected for the effects student class and teacher background variables well other elements the learning environment Results indicated that both teacher Influence and Proximity were positively associated with students attitudes and that their effect remained statistically significant after correction for other covariates and learning environment variables Teaching and attit

Publication details
Download http://igitur-archive.library.uu.nl/ivlos/2006-0915-200431/UUindex.html
Repository DSpace at Utrecht University (Netherlands)
Type Article / Letter to editor
Language Dutch
Relation 0749-4025

Cited publications (3)
Parallel Classes: Differences and Similarities, Teacher effects and school effects in secondary schools (1998)
Associations between classroom learning environments, teacher interpersonal behaviour and student outcomes in secondary mathematics classrooms. (1997)
Pragmatics of Human Communications : A Study of Interactional Patterns, Pathologies and Paradoxes (1967)