{"id":24140,"date":"2018-05-21T13:00:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T17:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/?p=24140"},"modified":"2022-03-16T11:56:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T15:56:21","slug":"hostile-teachers-snuff-pleasure-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/hostile-teachers-snuff-pleasure-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hostile Teachers\u2019 Snuff Out Pleasure of Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teachers who antagonize students by criticising their contributions, belittling them, or showing favoritism can damage student\u2019s test scores and learning potential, <\/span>according to a study<\/span><\/a> by researchers from West Virginia University (WVU).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe conducted this study because almost all of the empirical evidence that instructor misbehaviors impedes student learning has been correlational research determined by survey data,\u201d said<\/span> Alan Goodboy<\/span><\/a>, WVU professor of communication studies and lead researcher in the study.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to conduct a randomized experiment to go beyond correlational evidence, and instead, make causal claims that instructor antagonism causes students to learn less.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

To conduct the study, the researchers split almost 500 students into two groups. Both groups watched a video of a lecture, but one group watched a standard lesson, without antagonism, and the other group watched a video with teacher antagonism present. <\/span><\/p>\n

After the video lectures, both groups had to answer a series of questions regarding their opinion of the lecture, before taking a multiple choice test. <\/span><\/p>\n

When comparing the test scores, students in the standard group scored 5 percent higher than those who experienced the lesson with antagonism from the teacher. <\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, students who experienced antagonism disliked what they were learning, were less likely to put as much effort into learning, and would not take any future courses taught by the hostile teacher. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe main finding of this study was when an instructor antagonizes students while teaching, they dislike learning the course content, and consequently score worse on a quiz,\u201d said Goodboy. <\/span><\/p>\n

“Even slight antagonism, coupled with otherwise effective teaching, can demotivate students from being engaged and hinder their learning opportunities. So even one bad day of teaching can ruin a student’s perception of the teacher and create an unnecessary roadblock to learning for the rest of the term,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

This study shows that teachers must be constantly aware of their attitude and method of relaying information. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe implications of these findings are that instructors must be mindful of their communication in the classroom as they might deliver the same exact information in a lecture, but students will learn less if they are treated in ways that put them down or belittle them,\u201d said Goodboy. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFrom these findings, we can learn about how to avoid types of communication during teaching that will compromise students\u2019 feelings about their coursework and potentially stifle their desire to learn,\u201d he continued. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Teachers who antagonize students by criticising their contributions, belittling them, or showing favoritism can damage student\u2019s test scores and learning potential, according to a study by researchers from West Virginia University (WVU). \u201cWe conducted this study because almost all of the empirical evidence that instructor misbehaviors impedes student learning has been correlational research determined by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":45459,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[230,229,576],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-lead-stories","category-west-virginia-university"],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/learning.jpg",830,533,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/learning-224x144.jpg",224,144,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/learning-300x193.jpg",300,193,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/learning.jpg",830,533,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/learning.jpg",830,533,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/learning.jpg",830,533,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/learning.jpg",830,533,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Jackson Schroeder","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/author\/jackson-schroeder\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Teachers who antagonize students by criticising their contributions, belittling them, or showing favoritism can damage student\u2019s test scores and learning potential, according to a study by researchers from West Virginia University (WVU). \u201cWe conducted this study because almost all of the empirical evidence that instructor misbehaviors impedes student learning has been correlational research determined by…","featured_media_src_url":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/learning.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}