ERIC Number: EJ954054
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Feb
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-1041-6080
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Belief in a Just World, Teacher Justice, and Student Achievement: A Multilevel Study
Peter, Felix; Kloeckner, Nils; Dalbert, Claudia; Radant, Matthias
Learning and Individual Differences, v22 n1 p55-63 Feb 2012
The meaning of belief in a just world and students' subjective experience of the justice of their teachers' behavior toward them personally for academic achievement was examined. Sample 1 involved 947 secondary school students from 67 classes (grade levels 9 to 11), and Sample 2 718 students from 48 classes (grade level 9). Multilevel analyses revealed that the more the students believed in a personal just world, the more they felt their teachers' behavior toward them personally to be just and the better grades they received; the association between BJW and student achievement was fully mediated by teacher justice experience. It was concluded that personally experienced teacher justice is a key feature of a school environment that is conducive to student achievement. (Contains 1 figure and 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Secondary School Students, Beliefs, World Views, Justice, Teacher Student Relationship, Teacher Behavior, Secondary School Teachers, Grade 9, Grades (Scholastic), Correlation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 9; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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