ERIC Number: EJ1442479
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0279-6015
EISSN: EISSN-2372-966X
How School Climate Relates to Other Psychosocial Perceptions and Academic Achievement across the School Year
Ersie-Anastasia Gentzis; Dante D. Dixson
School Psychology Review, v53 n5 p441-458 2024
The research literature indicates that school climate is important for student outcomes; however, research assessing school climate and achievement-related outcomes across time is limited. In this study, the relationship between school climate, students' psychosocial perceptions, and student achievement was examined across an academic school year in a cohort of 531 9th-grade students. A series of hierarchical linear regressions indicated that school climate predicted 10.5% of the variance in both hope and academic motivation, 8% of the variance in self-efficacy, 5% of the variance in academic self-concept, 3% of the variance in goal valuation, and 2% of the variance in spring semester GPA. Further, despite school climate being operationalized as school culture, attitude toward teachers, and attitude toward school, only attitude toward teachers significantly predicted any of the outcome variables. These results suggest that some aspects of school climate contribute more than others in crafting students' psychosocial perceptions and achievement.
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Academic Achievement, Teacher Student Relationship, Student Attitudes, Grade 9, Predictor Variables, Student Motivation, Psychological Patterns, Self Efficacy, Self Concept, Goal Orientation, Grade Point Average, School Culture, Gender Differences, Socioeconomic Status, High School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 9; High Schools; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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