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The lower percentage of drawings evaluated as positive as well as an increased
percentage of ambivalent drawings in Grade 6 indicates a
negative trend in the
positive emotional classroom climate. However, it needs to be clarified whether this
may be limited to geometry teaching only. With respect to mathematics teaching in
general, clearer results exist for this trend. In the studies of Laine et al. (
2013
,
2015
,
2020
) the emotional climate was mainly positive in Grade 3 classrooms, and the
emotional climate in Grade 5 more
negative, although there were large differences
between classrooms. Thus, the findings with respect to emotional classroom climate
in primary grade geometry are largely consistent with the previously conducted
studies in mathematics (Dahlgren Johansson & Sumpter,
2010
; Laine et al.,
2013
,
2015
,
2020
; Reindl & Hascher,
2013
). It may be that a negative
trend in the positive
emotional classroom climate is driving this phase of schooling in general (i.e.,
independent of the subject or subject-specific area).
The emotional classroom climate depicted in the drawings was strongly
characterized by “affective” traits. According to the analysis of the interviews, only 16
out of 114 drawings (14%) were characterized by “situational context-bound states”
which can independent of their nature (positive and negative) directly influence the
classroom climate (Hannula,
2012
). Furthermore, another factor influencing the
emotional classroom climate in mathematics classes is the teacher (e.g., Evans et al.,
2009
; Harrison et al.,
2007
). In almost all cases (ca. 90%), the teacher was portrayed
with positive
or neutral features, which was confirmed in the interviews. From the
interviews, it was clear that the teacher’s admonitions or bad mood (e.g., yelling), had
a negative influence on the students’ emotional experience in geometry lessons which
was also reported by Hannula (
2012
).
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