Date of Award
12-1972
Culminating Project Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Education: M.S.
Department
Teacher Development
College
School of Education
First Advisor
Floyd W. Ayers
Second Advisor
Stanley C. Knox
Third Advisor
Gordon E. Mortrude
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Abstract
PROBLEM: It was the purpose of this study to determine the effect of pupil language as measured by the auditory reception and grammatic closure subtests of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities and indirectly by maternal education level on teacher interaction style in dyadic contacts with children.
PROCEDURE: Twenty-one -children age seven through ten were administered the auditory reception and grammatic closure subtests of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities. Maternal education was ascertained from the children's cumulative records. Teacher-pupil interaction for three hours of class time for each child was recorded according to the Flanders' Interaction Analysis Category System. A second observer trained in interaction analysis provided a reliability measure. When the data were collected an ANOVA was computed between the maternal education level groups and teacher interaction style (Indirect:Direct ratio), and multiple comparisons were computed between language scores and teacher interaction style.
FINDINGS: The children of the different maternal education groups were treated differently, with low maternal education level children receiving a more direct teaching style. There was no relationship found between direct measures of the children's language and teacher interaction style.
SUMMARY: The teachers interacted with the students of .the different maternal education level groups differently.
However, the· findings did not support the hypothesis that student language characteristics elicit different interaction style from teachers.
OCLC Number
7926449
Recommended Citation
Wellik, Jerry James, "Investigation of the Relationship between Children's Language and Teacher-Pupil Interaction" (1972). Culminating Projects in Teacher Development. 3.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/ed_etds/3
