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Overall, pupils, who felt happy with teachers’ praise in mathematics classes, felt so,
irrespective of the reasons for the praise (see Table 7.4.4).
There may be a relationship between pupils reporting feeling happy with their teachers’
results-based praise and their teachers actually adopting results-based praise in
mathematics classes. For instance, 5th graders, who felt happy with teacher’s praise
based on better results than others, were likely to perceive that their teachers gave this
kind of praise (N=1453, r=. 323, p=. 000). 5th graders, who felt happy with the teacher’s
praise based on better results than before, were likely to perceive that their teachers
gave this kind of praise (N=1455, r=. 384, p=. 000). Young pupils may appreciate being
praised based on their results when the praise relates to what they perceive to be the
teacher’s values. 8th graders were happy with receiving teachers’ praise irrespective of
the reasons for it or their perceptions of the teachers’ values.
Pupils’ perceptions of teachers’ praise and their perceptions Ofteaching methods
Table 7.4.5: Division of pupils perceiving their teachers using particular teaching
methods with higher frequency and pupils perceiving their teachers using the kind of
praise with lower frequency
|
5th graders____________________________ |
8th graders____________________________ | |||
|
Lower |
Higher |
Lower |
Higher | |
|
Better results than others |
M=2.24, SD=1.19, Median=2.00 |
M=2.53,SD=1.28,Median=3.00 | ||
|
59%_________ |
41% |
48.3%_________ |
51.7%_________ | |
|
Improvement results than |
M=2.49,SD=1.29, |
Vledian=2.00 |
M=2.78, SD=1.33, |
Vledian=3.00 |
|
50.4%__________ |
49.6%_________ |
40.4%_________ |
59.6%_________ | |
|
More effort than others |
M=2.81,SD=1.36,Median=3.00 |
M=2.61,SD=1-27,Median=3.00 | ||
|
40.3% |
59.7%_________ |
46.3%_________ |
53.7%_________ | |
|
More effort than before |
M=2.93,SD=1.40,Median=3.00 |
M=2.75,SD=1.32,Median=3.00 | ||
|
38.2%__________ |
61.8% |
41.5% |
58.5%_________ | |
59% of 5th graders and 48.3% of 8th graders perceived that their teachers never or hardly
ever praised them because they achieved better results than others. 50.4% of 5th
graders and 40.4% of 8th graders perceived that their teachers never or hardly ever
praised them because they had improved their results from before. 40.3% of 5th graders
and 46.3% of 8th graders perceived that their teachers never or hardly ever praised them
because they made more effort than others. 38.2% of 5th graders and 41.5% of 8th
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