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Gentrup, Sarah; Rjosk, Camilla – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2018
This study examined the role of teacher expectations in the emerging gender gaps in reading and mathematics in the first year of schooling. Therefore, we first investigated whether boys and girls differ in their vulnerability to teacher expectancy effects. Second, we analysed whether gender-specific effects of teacher expectations contribute to…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Gender Bias, Achievement Gap, Teacher Expectations of Students
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Ervin, Barbara; Wash, Pamela D.; Mecca, Marilyn E. – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2010
Albert Bandura, the leading pioneer in the study of self-regulation, has defined the term as the child's ability to self-educate, self-direct, regulate motivation, and learn to think about what she is learning (1994). Lev Vygotsky's theory that children can be taught to think independently about how to solve problems expands upon Bandura's work…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Program Effectiveness, Montessori Method, Self Control