Communication of Teacher Expectations and their Effects on Achievement and Attitudes of Secondary School Students

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Abstract
Effects of teacher expectancies upon student behavior were investigated by giving teachers data indicating that certain average ability students were intellectually superior. Dependent measures were the Category System of Observations, which measured teacher-student interaction; academic achievement tests given during the first and ninth weeks of school; and measures of six school related attitudes. Using a pretest-posttest design, only change in teacher-student interaction was significant, the interaction becoming more positive, with more time being spent with the ostensibly superior student. Implications for research and the classroom are discussed, including the suggestion that positive student behavior shapes teacher behavior.

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