Teacher-Student Interactions and Sex-Related Differences in Learning Mathematics.

Fennema, Elizabeth; Peterson, Penelope L.

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ERIC Number: EJ344603

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Publication Date: 1986

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Teacher-Student Interactions and Sex-Related Differences in Learning Mathematics.

Fennema, Elizabeth; Peterson, Penelope L.

Teaching and Teacher Education, v2 n1 p19-42 1986

This study observed 36 fourth-grade teachers and randomly targeted students in each class to see if teacher-student interaction patterns which facilitated low-level mathematics learning were the same as those which facilitated high-level learning for boys and girls. Results are discussed. (Author/MT)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Difficulty Level, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Mathematics Instruction, Sex Differences, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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