Date of Award
2012
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Abstract
The qualitative research study examined the teacher-student and student-student interactions that took place in two elementary parochial classrooms staffed by teachers nominated as effective by their supervisors. The study also examined relationships, similarities and differences between the teacher-student and student-student interactions. Qualitative data were collected including classroom observations, interviews with teachers, and focus group interviews with students. Results indicated that effective teachers supported their students organizationally through well-organized learning environments ; instructionally by using a variety of instructional scaffolds, strategies and materials while holding students accountable for their learning ; and emotionally by meeting students' needs for belonging and safety. Student-student instructinal and emotional supports reflected most of the elements of teacher-student organizational, instructional and emotional supports but also included some negative interactions not present in teacher-student interactions. Implications for classroom practice, public policy and further research in classroom interactions are given.
Extent
xii, 216 p. : ill. (some col.)
Recommended Citation
Stephens, Eudora A., "Leading the way: the relationships between effective teachers' interactions with their students and their students' interactions with each other in two multi-grade parochial classrooms" (2012). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019. 569.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_6/569
Identifier
FADT3359155
Comments
by Eudora A. Stephens.|Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2012.|Includes bibliography.|Mode of access: World Wide Web.|System requirements: Adobe Reader.|by Eudora A. Stephens.