Congruency Between Adolescents and Teachers in Perceiving Friendships Between Dyads in High School Classrooms

• In Event: Learning and Education

Abstract

Teachers shape classroom peer relationships directly and indirectly. However, they do not necessarily have an accurate understanding of peer relationships among students. The current study aims to unpack and explain the congruency between student- and teacher-perceived friendships between dyads in the classroom. Based on a total of 5,852 dyads formed by 156 students in four tenth-grade classrooms, the congruency was manifested via the signal detection theory at the dyad level, in conjunction with the Jaccard index at the classroom level. Results showed that teachers missed 59% of friendships identified by students, and the false alarm rate was 4%. Such discrepancies can be explained by characteristics of students and similarities within dyads regarding gender, unsociability with peers, and relatedness to teachers.

Authors

• Jing Chen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  Presenting Author

• Yan Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  Non-Presenting Author

• Ruolan Pang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  Non-Presenting Author

• Jianfei Wang
  Non-Presenting Author