Communication Skills and Classroom Management: The Mediating Role of Problem Solving Skills

Abstract

This descriptive, cross-sectional study aims to examine the mediator role of problem-solving skills in the relationship between communication skills and classroom management. The par- ticipants were 431 randomly-sampled pre-service teachers who were studying at a univer- sity in the central Anatolia region of Turkey. The study data were collected via a classroom management scale, a communication skills scale), and a problem-solving inventory. Results revealed positive and signi cant relationships among problem-solving, communication skills and classroom management competency. Additionally, the relationship between communi- cation skills and classroom management competency was mediated fully by the problem- solving skills of pre-service teachers.

Keywords

• Classroom management,communication skills,teacher education,pre-service teachers,problem solving

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