ERIC Number: EJ1461443
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Mar
Pages: 17
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
EISSN: EISSN-1467-8624
Available Date: 2024-11-20
The Cumulative, Timing-Specific, and Enduring Associations between Student-Teacher Relationships and Early Elementary Outcomes
Arya Ansari1,2; M. Nicole Buckley1,2; S. Colby Woods3; Michael Gottfried3
Child Development, v96 n2 p475-491 2025
Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Kindergarten Class of 2011 (n = 14,370; 51% Male; 51% White; 14% Black; 25% Hispanic; 4% Asian; and 6% Other), this study examined the cumulative, timing-specific, and enduring associations between student-teacher relationships in the United States and a broad range of student outcomes. Student-teacher conflict and closeness were consistently associated with outcomes between kindergarten and third grade, both contemporaneously and over time. The main exception was for student absenteeism, where there were less consistent associations with student-teacher conflict. Cumulative models underscore the significance of the overall experiences of high-quality relationships over time. Despite little evidence of variability, girls fared less well socially due to more conflictual and less close relationships with their teachers than boys.
Descriptors: Surveys, Children, Longitudinal Studies, Teacher Student Relationship, Outcomes of Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Attendance, Gender Differences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey
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Author Affiliations: 1Department of Human Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; 2Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; 3Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA