Increasing Teacher Expectations for Students

Purpose of the Study: Existing research had shown that teacher expectations can influence student achievement. Therefore the authors designed and evaluated a teacher training program to elevate positive expectations in the hope that the influence on student achievement would be more positive. The name of the program was TESA (Teacher Expectations of Student Achievement)

Size of the Sample: Sample subjects consisted of 328 elementary school students drawn from a school whose teachers volunteered to participate in the study plus 250 elementary school students drawn from another school where teachers did not volunteer to participate in the study, for a total sample size of 578 students.

Length of the Study: No information was provided as to how long the study took to complete.

Research Instruments: The abstract provided no information regarding the instruments that were used.

Results of the Study: The program was found to lower negative expectations in the school were teachers volunteered. In the school where teachers did not volunteer, the program actually increased negative expectations.

Descriptors: Major Descriptors: TEACHER EXPECTATIONS; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; STUDENT ATTITUDES; INSERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION; STAFF DEVELOPMENT. Minor Descriptors: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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. It was also reasoned that extensive staff development programs need to be developed and given to teachers. Article #4: Gingiss, P.L., Gottlieb, N.H. & Brink, S.G. (1994). Increasing teacher receptivity toward use of tobacco prevention education programs. Journal of Drug Education, 24(2), 163-176. Purpose of the Study: This study examined a staff development program designed to get teachers to more frequently use health-education materials as part of tobacco prevention education efforts. Size of the Sample: Sample subjects were 313 first-grade teachers. Length of the Study: The study lasted approximately one year. Research Instruments: The study used a researcher designed instrument examining the degree to which health-education materials were used in teachers' tobacco prevention education efforts. Results of the Study: About 64 percent of the sample did use the materials initially; however, by the end of a one year period, 60 percent were not using the materials. Descriptors: Major Descriptors: TEACHER ATTITUDES; EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS; PREVENTION; TOBACCO SMOKING. Minor Descriptors: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS; INVOLVEMENT; ADULTHOOD. Summary: The study attempted to evaluate the effectiveness of a program designe
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