Psychological Development and Education ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (6): 719-727.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2015.06.11

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The Effects of Teachers' Empathy on Students' Academic Achievement:A Hierarchical Linear Analysis Based on the Measurement of Animated Narrative Vignettes Simulations

LI Weijian1,2, DING Wan1, SUN Binghai1,2, YU Lili3   

  1. 1. Institute of Psychology, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004;
    2. Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    3. Zhejiang Joint Research Institute of Applied Psychology, Hangzhou 310000
  • Online:2015-11-15 Published:2015-11-15

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Abstract: The effects of teachers' empathy on students' development of social skills and emotions has been demonstrated by previous researches,whereas to date no consistent conclusion is achieved for the facilitation of teachers' empathy onto students' academic development. To elucidate the influence of teachers' empathy to students' academic achievement, by using a quasi-experimental design, the current study developed and applied an ANVs tool that measures teachers' empathy, and utilized an empathy training to intervene 20 primary-school teachers in the treatment group(meanwhile, another 20 primary-school teachers in the control group didn't participate any related training). Correspondingly, mid-term academic grades and final grades of 803 students from the classes of 20 teachers in the treatment group and 852 students from the classes of another 20 teachers in the control group were collected. Considering different hierarchy of variables and the role of students' original academic grades, hierarchical linear analysis was conducted to examine the relationship of teachers' empathy to students' academic achievement. The findings indicated that:1) the improvement of teachers' empathy contributed to the improvement of students' academic achievement; 2) students' original academic grades had a mediating effect on the relationship between teachers' empathy and students' academic achievement.

Key words: teachers' empathy, academic achievement, animated narrative vignettes simulations

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