Teachers' Perception of Students' Behavior

Abstract

Six classroom teachers rated their Grade 4 students' behavior on five subtests and repeated the rating five months later after four classes had been exposed to self-development or relaxation-imagery programs. Correlations for students' and teachers' perceptions of students' behavior were statistically significant on two subtests at pretest and three subtests at posttest. A comparison of total mean scores of teachers' perceptions at posttest indicated a significant difference by group with the trained groups' self-esteem being superior to the other groups.