Home Archived Research corner Back Research corner 14th November 2014, 12:00am Tes Editorial Share Research corner https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/research-corner-64 Copy Link `Teacher behavior as a mediator of the relationship between teacher judgment and students’ motivation and emotion’ by Urhahne, DTeaching and Teacher Education, 45:73-82, January 2015 (Elsevier)Teachers, as a breed, are pretty good at estimating. Days, months and years of inputting data have finely honed their skills, allowing them to pinpoint exactly what they feel each of their students is realistically capable of achieving.However, teachers are human and don’t always get things right. But how does this affect students who have been overestimated and, equally, those who have been underestimated?Detlef Urhahne, of Germany’s University of Passau, looked at students learning English as a second language in a number of different German schools. He found that those whose capacities had been underestimated by their teachers were considered to have less motivation and a poorer emotional state than their overestimated peers. In turn, the underestimated students reported difficulty in communicating with their teachers and thus maintaining good teacher-student relationships.Thus, Urhahne says, students adapt to inaccurate teacher judgements.However, perhaps more worryingly, he found that underestimated students in this study actually had higher capabilities for learning English than their overestimated peers.Teachers, Urhahne claims, do not have the same training in accurately pinpointing students’ motivation and emotion as they do in determining grade estimates.This is at odds with the “enormous implication” that teachers’ judgements have for their students’ well-being.The solution? Urhahne says that teachers “should be emotionally supportive for the whole class, still providing a feeling of closeness and safety for even those students who are not among their favourites”.Sarah CunnaneShare your views by tweeting @tesHot off the pressGetting the Buggers to Behave (fifth edition)by Sue Cowley(Bloomsbury Education)ISBN 9781472909213This new edition of the popular behaviour management book for teachers identifies the 10 most common forms of misbehaviour and the best ways to deal with them. Advice ranges from nailing down the basics of behaviour management to how to cope when you end up with “the class from hell”.Creating Tomorrow’s Schools Todayby Richard Gerver(Bloomsbury Education)ISBN 9781472906915In this book, Richard Gerver questions various aspects our of education system, including the curriculum that pupils follow and the testing system used to categorise them. He aims to explore whether the current system is instilling children with the employability skills necessary for the fast-moving world of technology and information in which they are growing up.How to Teach: Primary Maths: Anyone can feed sweets to sharks.by Nick Tiley-Nunn and Phil Beadle(Crown House Publishing)ISBN 9781781351352This book presents a plethora of distinctive and creative ideas for primary maths teaching. These practical approaches can bring the spark back to lessons of the often-unpopular but crucial subject.For book queries, please email chloe.darracott-cankovic@tesglobal.com Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read two free articles every month plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Keep reading for just £1 per month You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £1 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now Read more Weekly round-up: No ‘revolution’ for embattled Ofsted Tes Editorial • 2nd May 2024 Weekly round-up: Ofsted grades and teacher pay fears Tes Editorial • 25th April 2024 Weekly round-up: Capita loses Sats and GCSE fears Tes Editorial • 18th April 2024 Reception Baseline Assessment: what you need to know Gráinne Hallahan • 3rd April 2024 Recent Most read Most shared Ofsted scraps ungraded inspection deep dives News 4 May 2024 10 Questions with... Nicky Dunford News 4 May 2024 Just 1% of heads say SEND funding meets pupil needs News 4 May 2024 Why you’re probably wrong about the science of learning Teaching & Learning 1 May 2024 How to reform childcare to truly benefit teachers Analysis 30 April 2024 Growing oracy focus could benefit maths teaching Analysis 1 May 2024 Science practicals need to push experimental boundaries Analysis 2 May 2024 Faith special schools can help to ease SEND pressure Analysis 2 May 2024 DfE SEND reform testing plan ‘9 months behind schedule’ News 1 May 2024
