ERIC Number: EJ1398708
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-2355-5343
EISSN: EISSN-2502-4795
Classroom Teachers' Bias in Assessing Disadvantaged Primary School Students' Reading Comprehension Skills
Kiziltas, Yusuf; Sata, Mehmet; Elkonca, Fuat
Elementary School Forum (Mimbar Sekolah Dasar), v10 n1 p106-121 2023
It is known that the reading performance of disadvantaged students is lower when compared to non-disadvantaged students. It has always been discussed that being disadvantaged affects teachers' bias in scoring students' reading performance. Therefore, the existence and effect of the teacher factor in the low level of reading performance of students in disadvantaged groups is worth investigating. The reading comprehension skills of disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged fourth grade primary school students were assessed in this study. Moreover, whether the classroom teachers were biased in scoring the reading comprehension skills of the disadvantaged students were also investigated. The reading comprehension skills of 48 students, 13 of whom were disadvantaged and 35 were non-disadvantaged, were assessed by three classroom teachers (raters) using an analytical rubric. The data were analyzed using the Many-facet Rasch measurement model. It was found that the classroom teachers were biased in evaluating the reading comprehension skills of disadvantaged students. Likewise, the reading comprehension levels of the non-disadvantaged students were higher than the disadvantaged students.
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Teacher Student Relationship, Teacher Attitudes, Reading Comprehension, Disadvantaged, Reading Achievement, Student Characteristics, Grade 4, Social Bias, Scoring, Scoring Rubrics, Peer Groups, Foreign Countries
Indonesia University of Education. Jl. Mayor Abdurachman No. 211, Sumedang, Jawa Barat, 45322, Indonesia. Web site: https://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/mimbar/index
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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