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Steuer, G., Grecu, A. & Mori, J. (2024). Error climate and alienation from teachers: A longitudinal analysis in primary school. British Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12659

A decisive factor for the quality of teaching is how mistakes are dealt with. It is known that the error climate has an influence on how pupils deal with their errors, learning and performance. What remains unclear is what impact the error climate has on the student-teacher relationship.
The article "Error climate and alienation from teachers: A longitudinal analysis in primary school" by Gabriele Steuer, Alyssa L. Grecu and Julia Mori addresses this research gap and explores the relationship between the error climate and alienation from teachers.
Hierarchical linear models were determined based on data from primary school pupils in the fifth and sixth grades from Luxembourg (N=345) and the Swiss canton of Bern (N=406).
The results show that a positive error climate leads to a reduction in alienation from teachers. This effect was found at both individual and class level. These findings emphasize the need to establish a good error climate in the classroom.