Pleasing the teacher: An exploration of the construct and its behavioral and motivational patterns.

dc.contributor.authorMontalvo, Gregory Paul, Jr.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-16T12:29:49Z
dc.date.available2013-08-16T12:29:49Z
dc.date.issued1997en_US
dc.description.abstractThe current study examined motivational patterns related to high school students reasons for pleasing the teacher, and motivation in classes where they like and dislike the teacher. One hundred and twenty-five high school students participated in the study, and completed two versions of The Survey on High School Student Motivation. The findings indicate that students displayed motivational benefits from teachers they like over teachers they dislike. The behaviors they use for teachers they like suggest positive student teacher they like over teacher interaction, and more student self-regulation on assignments. In classes where they liked the teacher students reported the following reasons for pleasing the teacher: (a) to be accepted by the teacher, (b) to receive a future recommendation (c) to know I did a good job, (d) to stay out of trouble, (e) to receive special treatment, and (f) out of respect for the teacher. The students were also more learning goal oriented, put forth more effort, persisted longer on difficult assignment, were more confident in their ability to do school work and to satisfy the teacher, and received higher grades in classes where they like the teacher. The educational and theoretical implication for these findings are discussed.en_US
dc.format.extentvii, 107 leaves :en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/5523
dc.noteSource: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 58-08, Section: A, page: 3002.en_US
dc.subjectMotivation in education.en_US
dc.subjectInteraction analysis in education.en_US
dc.subjectTeacher-student relationships.en_US
dc.subjectEducation, Sociology of.en_US
dc.subjectEducation, Secondary.en_US
dc.subjectEducation, Educational Psychology.en_US
dc.subjectPsychology, Social.en_US
dc.thesis.degreePh.D.en_US
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineDepartment of Educational Psychologyen_US
dc.titlePleasing the teacher: An exploration of the construct and its behavioral and motivational patterns.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
ou.groupJeannine Rainbolt College of Education::Department of Educational Psychology
ou.identifier(UMI)AAI9806316en_US

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