Classroom Psychological Environment And Its Relationship With Learning Attitude And Academic Achievement

The modern era of classroom psychological environment research began with independent research agendas of Moos and Walberg in the USA in the 1960s and 1970s. It has been extended by a host of researchers, the most notable being Fraser in Australia. The study of classroom psychological environment is now a firmly established international research field. Classroom psychological environment is one of the most important environments for student's development. It has been playing a crucial and long-term role in children's growth. The research investigated the inner structure and content of classroom psychological environment, developed the questionnaire of middle school classroom psychological environment, investigated the status of classroom psychological environment and explored the relationship of classroom psychological environment of middle school and learning attitude and school achievement by quantitative and qualitative research methods.The study was divided into three parts:(1)The research Interviews 26 middle school students and 10 class advisers through semi-structured depth interview method. On the basis of the interview, we developed the middle school classroom psychological environment questionnaire.(2)We investigated the actualities of the middle school classroom psychological environment in the research. (3)We investigated the relationship of classroom psychological environment of middle school and learning attitude, school achievement by questionnaire survey in the reacher.Through three studies above-mentioned, the results are as follow:(1)Middle-school classroom psychological environment is mainly inspected through introspective experience, friction conflict, psychological support, learning atmosphere and centripetal cohesion.(2)Middle-school classroom psychological environment questionnaire includes five dimensions, 40 items, eight items for each dimension, and the questionnaire has acceptable reliability and validity.(3)Middle-school classroom psychological environment shows significant differences in Demography variables.(4)Classroom psychological environment was the Moderator vriable between attitudes and academic adjustment.