ERIC Number: EJ950398
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Feb
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-0742-051X
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Teaming Up: Linking Collaboration Networks, Collective Efficacy, and Student Achievement
Moolenaar, Nienke M.; Sleegers, Peter J. C.; Daly, Alan J.
Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, v28 n2 p251-262 Feb 2012
Improving student achievement through teacher collaboration networks is a current focus of schools in many countries. Yet, empirical evidence on the relationship between teacher networks and student achievement and mechanisms that may explain this relationship is limited. This study examined the relationship between teacher networks and student achievement and the mediating role of teachers' collective efficacy beliefs. Data were collected from 53 Dutch elementary schools. Using social network analysis and multiple regression we analyzed teacher survey and student achievement data. Findings indicate that well-connected teacher networks were associated with strong teacher collective efficacy, which in turn supported student achievement. (Contains 5 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Network Analysis, Academic Achievement, Teacher Collaboration, Teacher Surveys, Cooperation, Social Networks, Beliefs, Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Multiple Regression Analysis, Teacher Student Relationship, Teachers, Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands
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