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Correlation Study: The Effect Of Student-Teacher Rapport On High School Student Performance Rate, Robyn Clark
Correlation Study: The Effect Of Student-Teacher Rapport On High School Student Performance Rate, Robyn Clark
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This study examined the relationship between student-teacher rapport and student performance rate. Convenience sampling was used to gather participants for the study. Graduating senior students at a Henrico County Public High School completed the Student Teacher Relationship Scale created by Dr. Robert C. Pianta. The mean scores of all students were calculated and then grouped and calculated according to gender and post-secondary goals/plans. The students' self-reported Grade Point Averages (GPA) were compared to their survey score to discover if there was a correlation between the students' rapport scale and their GPA. This study tested whether the student-teacher rapport developed was …