The Mediating Role of Classroom Atmosphere in Relationship between Teachers' Classroom Management Styles in Students' Educational Engagement of University of Medical Sciences

Academic enthusiasm refers to the amount of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism and enthusiasm that students show when learning or teaching. the purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating role of classroom climate in the relationship between classroom management style and academic engagement in university of medical sciences students.

The present research method is descriptive and correlation type. the study population was 11300, male and female student at the university of medical sciences and 385 professors from the professors of medical sciences at the 1398-99 SH academic year. among them 372 people (students and professors) were selected from stratified random sampling method (students) and sampling of available sampling (professors) and they responded to the study questionnaires, class management style and academic enthusiasm . the data were analyzed by descriptive statistics indices, pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation model using SPSS 25 and 8.8 Lisrel.

There was a significant correlation between research variables (p<0.001). The direct effect of classroom management style on academic achievement is 0.84, classroom management style on classroom atmosphere, 0.44, classroom atmosphere on academic achievement is 0.16 and the indirect effect of classroom management style on academic achievement mediated by classroom atmosphere is 0.13. In general, the model has a good fit (X2/df=2/47). Ethical Considerations: Participants completed the questionnaires after knowing the objectives of the research.

In terms of the role of class management style and class atmosphere in anticipation of the educational enthusiasm of school workshops, education workshops are proposed by the educational institutions to inform teachers with how to manage their class and its psychological climate.