Running Head: JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW: RELATIONSHIPS 1
Journal Article Review:
Effective/Positive Teacher-Student Relationships
Amanda L. Henriksen
Liberty University
JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW: RELATIONSHIPS 2
Summary
Creating positive teacher-student relationships is an integral key to the success of a
classroom, including the element of effective classroom management. It is important that
“teachers create positive personal relationships and a community of support in the classroom by
establishing positive student-teacher and peer relationships” (Jones & Jones, 2016, p. 9). Positive
interactions occur in and out of the classroom, and it is important for teachers to interact with
students in a positive manner in order to effectively support their education, as well as their
social and emotional needs.
Yu, Johnson, Deutsch, and Varga (2016) ask a small population of students about the
positive interactions they have with a teacher they feel connected to in order to identify what
