How Teacher-Student Relationships Influence Student Attendance, Behavior, and Course Completion

<p>In many ways, students have become data points at the expense of their humanity, thus minimizing the benefit of healthy relationships between teachers and students. This study aims to determine the impact of positive teacher-student relationships on student attendance, behavior, and course completion. Given the nature of the topic, I cast a wide net to include teachers and parents across the United States as participants in my study. The methodology of this study was mixed methods, incorporating surveys with both Likert scale-type questions and open-ended questions and interviews from each of the participating groups. Outcomes showed that positive relationships between teachers and students encouraged students’ attendance, influenced their behavior, and motivated their overall performance, thus suggesting that more should be done to foster teacher-student relationships.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ed.D. Doctor of Education

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation - Public Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Leadership

Year dc:date.available

2022

Author dc:creator

• Chowning, Kristina

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Carla Sparks
• Dr. Lorrie Butler

• teacher-student relationships
• classroom rapport
• positive culture
• teacher impact
• student success
• relationships
• Other Education

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/diss/812

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.nl.edu:diss-1869