Response, Demand, and Control: Evaluating a Three-Factor Model and Measure of Teachers' Interactional Styles. Issue 2 (2nd April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Torff, Bruce; Kimmons, Kathleen; Budris, Andrew; Solosky, Elizabeth; Maqsood, Jay; Benincasa, Jean; Doeman, Jessica; DePietto, Marilyn; Casamassima, Michael; Walsh, Michelle; Bates, Stephen
• Is Part Of: Educational forum. Volume 84:Issue 2(2020)
• Page Start: 140
• Page End: 149
• Publication Date: 2020-04-02
• Subjects: authoritative teaching -- control -- demand -- response -- teachers' interactional styles; Education -- Periodicals; 370.5
• DOI: 10.1080/00131725.2020.1702434
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0013-1725

Abstract

Abstract: Theory and research in teachers' interactional styles and authoritative teaching typically posit two factors, including response and a second factor featuring some combination of demand and control . Two survey-research projects examined how teachers construe interactional styles, with results suggesting three discrete factors: response, demand, and control. The optimal interactional style is more complex than the formula of high response and high demand/control emphasized in literature in this area.