Factors Influencing Students' Perceptions of Their Teachers' Interpersonal Behaviour: A Multilevel Analysis

This chapter describes a study in which student, teacher and class characteristics• were associated with students’ perceptions of their teachers' interpersonal behaviour. Using the Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction (QTI). two important dimensions of teacher interpersonal behaviour were inves...

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Main Authors: Fisher, Darrell, Den Brok, P., Rickards, Anthony
Other Authors: Darrell Fisher
Format: Book Chapter
Published: World Scientific Publishing 2006
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39034
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description This chapter describes a study in which student, teacher and class characteristics• were associated with students’ perceptions of their teachers' interpersonal behaviour. Using the Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction (QTI). two important dimensions of teacher interpersonal behaviour were investigated: influence (dominance vs. submission) and proximity (cooperation vs. opposition). Earlier work with the QTI in the USA and the Netherlands has shown that, in those countries, several factors affect students' perceptions of their teachers. These factors include student and teacher gender, student and teacher ethnic background, student age, teacher experience, class size, student achievement and subject. It has been found that each of these variables has a distinctive effect, but also that they interact with each other when determining students' perceptions. In this study, a meta-analysis was performed on a large Australian secondary student and teacher QTI data set. QTI dimension scores were examined against factors such as: gender, class size and subject. To investigate separate and combined effects of variables, a hierarchical analysis of variance (distinguishing between the school, class and student level) was conducted with ML3E software. This chapter discusses the effect sizes and variance explained by these variables.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-390342023-02-27T07:34:29Z Factors Influencing Students' Perceptions of Their Teachers' Interpersonal Behaviour: A Multilevel Analysis Fisher, Darrell Den Brok, P. Rickards, Anthony Darrell Fisher Myint Swe Khine This chapter describes a study in which student, teacher and class characteristics• were associated with students’ perceptions of their teachers' interpersonal behaviour. Using the Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction (QTI). two important dimensions of teacher interpersonal behaviour were investigated: influence (dominance vs. submission) and proximity (cooperation vs. opposition). Earlier work with the QTI in the USA and the Netherlands has shown that, in those countries, several factors affect students' perceptions of their teachers. These factors include student and teacher gender, student and teacher ethnic background, student age, teacher experience, class size, student achievement and subject. It has been found that each of these variables has a distinctive effect, but also that they interact with each other when determining students' perceptions. In this study, a meta-analysis was performed on a large Australian secondary student and teacher QTI data set. QTI dimension scores were examined against factors such as: gender, class size and subject. To investigate separate and combined effects of variables, a hierarchical analysis of variance (distinguishing between the school, class and student level) was conducted with ML3E software. This chapter discusses the effect sizes and variance explained by these variables. 2006 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39034 World Scientific Publishing restricted
spellingShingle Fisher, Darrell
Den Brok, P.
Rickards, Anthony
Factors Influencing Students' Perceptions of Their Teachers' Interpersonal Behaviour: A Multilevel Analysis
title Factors Influencing Students' Perceptions of Their Teachers' Interpersonal Behaviour: A Multilevel Analysis
title_full Factors Influencing Students' Perceptions of Their Teachers' Interpersonal Behaviour: A Multilevel Analysis
title_fullStr Factors Influencing Students' Perceptions of Their Teachers' Interpersonal Behaviour: A Multilevel Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Factors Influencing Students' Perceptions of Their Teachers' Interpersonal Behaviour: A Multilevel Analysis
title_short Factors Influencing Students' Perceptions of Their Teachers' Interpersonal Behaviour: A Multilevel Analysis
title_sort factors influencing students' perceptions of their teachers' interpersonal behaviour: a multilevel analysis
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39034