How Does Class Interpersonal Atmosphere Affect Secondary Students' Academic Achievement? A Two-Year Longitudinal Study

• In Event: Classroom Management: Remote Learning, Professional Development, Teacher Bias, and Achievement

Abstract

This article explores how class interpersonal atmosphere affect academic achievement of secondary students. Based on a two-year longitudinal survey of 628 students, we constructed a hierarchical linear model for data analysis and found that: Firstly, teacher-student atmosphere and peer atmosphere of secondary school classes are pretty good, but both have a slight drop from the first grade to the third grade. Secondly, the effect of teacher-student atmosphere on academic achievement is always greater than the effect from peer atmosphere, but the former gradually declines, and the latter gradually strengthens. Thirdly, teacher-student atmosphere of the first grade can positively predict academic achievement of the third grade, but peer atmosphere does not have a predictive effect.

Author

• Qi Lin, East China Normal University