BEHAVIORAL EXPRESSION OF TEACHERS ATTITUDES TOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Interviewed 10 3rd-grade teachers to determine the students toward whom they held attitudes of attachment, concern, indifference, and rejection, and observed them to record their behavior toward these students. The students predicted the frequency of selected teacher actions directed at them. Results show that teacher attitudes significantly affected the distribution of each observed teacher behavior. Certain attitudes, were more clearly expressed than were others. Most correlations between students' predictions and actual observations were significantly positive. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1969 American Psychological Association.