TY - T1 - Child-perceived teacher emotional support, its relations with teaching practices, and task persistence SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/324882 T3 - A1 - Kikas, Eve; Tang, Xin A2 - PB - Y1 - 2019 LA - eng AB - This study examined relations between child-reported teacher emotional support, teaching practices, and children's task-persistent learning behaviour. The study was carried out in Estonia, where a students' first teacher advances with his/her students and teaches all primary subjects in the first 3years of schooling. In total, 660 sixth-grade children reported about their first teacher's emotional support. Teachers' child-centred and teacher-directed practices were observed with the Early Childh... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 516 Educational sciences; teacher emotional support; child perceptio; Child-centred and teacher-directed teaching practices; teacher affection; Behavioural control; PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTROL; ACHIEVEMENT TRAJECTORIES; STUDENT ENGAGEMENT; GOAL STRUCTURE; CLASSROOM; BEHAVIOR; KINDERGARTEN; ENVIRONMENTS; ASSOCIATIONS; MATHEMATICS N1 - PP - ER -