Teachers' attributions and beliefs about girls, boys, and mathematics

Fennema, Élizabeth; Peterson, Penelope L.; Carpenter, Thomas P.; Lubinski, Cheryl A.

doi:10.1007/bf00311015

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“…The results of this study were congruent with the results of other studies, namely studies by Fennema (1990), Li (1999), Tiedemann (2000), and Tiedemann (2002) whose results showed that: 1) teachers had higher performance expectations for boys.…”

Section: -Teachers' Beliefs and Behaviorssupporting

confidence: 91%

“…were also found to attribute boys" success mostly to ability whereas girls" success was attributed to effort (Fennema, Peterson, Carpenter, and Lubinski, 1990). …”

Section: -Context Of the Problemmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These beliefs influence teachers" behaviors in the classroom, their instructional decisions, questioning strategies, and the difficulty level of the material they present in class (Fennema et al, 1990). …”

Section: -Teachers' Beliefsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Girls were given almost the same characteristics but in lower ratings. (Fennema, Peterson, Carpenter, and Lubinski, 1990;Herbert & Stipeck, 2005;Li, 2009;Tiedemann, 2000).…”

Section: -Conclusionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The interview script was derived from the attribution interview in Fennema et al (1990). The interview consisted of two parts (See Appendix B).…”

Section: -Attribution Interviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Section: -Teachers' Beliefs and Behaviorssupporting

confidence: 91%

“…were also found to attribute boys" success mostly to ability whereas girls" success was attributed to effort (Fennema, Peterson, Carpenter, and Lubinski, 1990). …”

Section: -Context Of the Problemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: -Teachers' Beliefsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Girls were given almost the same characteristics but in lower ratings. (Fennema, Peterson, Carpenter, and Lubinski, 1990;Herbert & Stipeck, 2005;Li, 2009;Tiedemann, 2000).…”

Section: -Conclusionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The interview script was derived from the attribution interview in Fennema et al (1990). The interview consisted of two parts (See Appendix B).…”

Section: -Attribution Interviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Teachers’ gender bias in STEM: Results from a vignette study

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Gender stereotypes in the natural sciences may discourage girls from pursuing STEM fields, thus contributing to the differential STEM pathways of males and females. This paper exploits quasi‐experimental data from a vignette study to investigate teachers’ gender bias in STEM at the transition to upper secondary school in Denmark—a key stage in students’ educational trajectories. I investigate if teachers have a higher probability of recommending a STEM track to a (vignette) male student compared with a (vignette) female student and if teachers’ STEM recommendations interact with their demographic characteristics. Results show that, while there is a gender gap of 10 percentage points in the likelihood of being recommended a STEM track, the difference is not statistically significant. Furthermore, teachers’ gender bias is influenced by the teacher's own gender and cultural capital. Consequently, the paper shows that teachers’ gender bias varies with teachers’ demographic characteristics and teachers with high levels of cultural capital can push back against gender stereotypes in STEM.

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Teachers' attributions and beliefs about girls, boys, and mathematics

Cited by 270 publications

References 21 publications

Gender differences in math achievement, students' attitudes, and teachers' beliefs. (c2011)

Gender differences in math achievement, students' attitudes, and teachers' beliefs. (c2011)

Understanding and Overcoming Underachievement in Women and Girls ‐ A Reprise

Teachers’ gender bias in STEM: Results from a vignette study

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