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Heyder, Anke; Kessels, Ursula – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2015
Girls presently outperform boys in overall academic success. Corresponding gender stereotypes portray male students as lazy and troublesome and female students as diligent and compliant. The present study investigated whether these stereotypes impact teachers' perceptions of students and whether students' visible enactment of their gender at…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Sex Stereotypes, Masculinity, Femininity
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Kessels, Ursula; Heyder, Anke; Latsch, Martin; Hannover, Bettina – Educational Research, 2014
Background: Gender differences in educational outcomes encompass many different areas. For example, in some educational settings, boys lag behind girls on indicators of educational success, such as leaving certificates and type of school attended. In studies testing performance, boys typically show lower competence in reading compared with girls,…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Learner Engagement, Identification (Psychology), Sexual Identity