Students' Idiosyncratic Perceptions of Teaching Quality in Mathematics: A Result of Rater Tendency Alone or an Expression of Dyadic Effects between Students and Teachers?

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Autor/inn/en	Göllner, Richard; Wagner, Wolfgang; Eccles, Jacquelynne S.; Trautwein, Ulrich
Titel	Students' Idiosyncratic Perceptions of Teaching Quality in Mathematics: A Result of Rater Tendency Alone or an Expression of Dyadic Effects between Students and Teachers?
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Psychology, 110 (2018) 5, S.709-725 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0663
DOI	10.1037/edu0000236
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; Teacher Effectiveness; Mathematics Instruction; Teacher Student Relationship; Individual Differences; Secondary School Students; Grade 9; Grade 10; Secondary School Teachers; Foreign Countries; Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance; Quasiexperimental Design; Achievement Tests; International Assessment; Factor Structure; Outcomes of Education; Correlation; Comparative Analysis; Statistical Analysis; Germany; Program for International Student Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Individueller Unterschied; Sekundarschüler; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Ausland; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Faktorenstruktur; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Korrelation; Statistische Analyse; Deutschland
Abstract	Student ratings of teaching quality have been shown to be powerful predictors of important academic outcome variables. This is the case despite the fact that students from the same classroom can perceive teaching quality quite differently in their own idiosyncratic ways. These differences among students in the same classroom are typically dismissed as the result of individual rating tendencies (e.g., rater leniency) with only low relevance for students' learning. However, such idiosyncratic perceptions might also be the result of meaningful differences among students in that they could reflect dyadic effects between individual students and specific teachers (e.g., a trusting relationship). In the present study, we examined students' perceptions of teaching quality in mathematics lessons (structure, monitoring, comprehensibility, and support) in a nationally representative sample of 204 German secondary school mathematics classes. We used a quasi-experimental design for students who had the same teacher in Grades 9 and 10 and students who had a new teacher in Grade 10 to differentiate between students' time-consistent rating tendencies and dyadic student-teacher effects. The results of latent variable models showed that student rating tendencies were found for all quality dimensions, with the highest impact observed for students' general impression and teacher monitoring. The results for students with the same teacher showed additional dyadic effects. Students' general impression and comprehensibility exhibited greater time consistency when students rated the same teacher than when students rated different teachers. Finally, students' rating tendencies and dyadic effects were related to students' outcomes. Educational Impact and Implications Statement: Student ratings of teaching quality are often used to assess the quality of teaching provided by specific teachers, and such ratings have high predictive validity in terms of various learning outcomes. It is interesting that despite reasonable consensus among students in the same classroom, students also differ to some extent in how they rate their teacher's teaching. In the present study, we examined potential reasons for differing perceptions of teaching quality (structure, monitoring, comprehensibility, and support) among students in the same mathematics class in a nationally representative sample of 204 German secondary school mathematics classes. The study's results provide additional support for the validity of student ratings of teaching quality. Moreover, the results suggest that, in addition to general rating tendencies, a given student's rating also reflects the quality of the relationship between this specific student and the teacher. The findings also emphasize the importance of the "fit" between teachers and students for students' learning in mathematics. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01