Hannah WilkinsonThe University of Manchester · Manchester Institute of Education
Hannah Wilkinson
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Introduction
Exploring how teachers communicate to students about their forthcoming GCSE exams. Exam skills and preparation techniques which teachers convey to students, have been conceptualised as efficacy messages. The appraisal of these messages is being explored in relation to fear appeal appraisal, student engagement, and teacher-student relationships.
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High-Stakes exams, such as the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE), have significant consequences for students and educators, which affects how teachers communicate to students about these exams. This study aimed to explore communications about exams, in the classroom. Observations were conducted within 30 lessons in a secondary schoo...
Background:
Fear appeals are persuasive messages that draw attention to the negative consequences (e.g., academic failure) that follow a particular course of action (e.g., not engaging in lessons) and how negative consequences can be avoided with an alternate course of action. Previous studies have shown that when fear appeals are appraised as thr...
