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> Researchers have the answer According to the article they don't "have the answer" at all - they have a couple of theories: > The study's authors say it's po
by andyjohnson0 4y ago
> Researchers have the answer
According to the article they don't "have the answer" at all - they have a couple of theories:
> The study's authors say it's possible that, in reading, teachers unconsciously reward students exhibiting traditionally female behaviour, such as quietness and neatness, which make teaching easier for the teachers. Another theory is that inflated grades in mathematics are a way of trying to encourage girls, who are often seen as weaker in this subject.
- hrunt 4y agoAlso, this study focused on Italian schools, and the authors readily admit that while Europe more generally also sees the same grading bias, the reasons for that in other countries may be different. > She adds that although other European countries also grade girls more generously than boys, the reasons for this could differ from place to place and won't necessarily mirror those in Italy.
- throwaway290 4y agoSee "conclusions" in the paper linked at the bottom. One of the theories is that teachers are over-compensating for gender bias, another is that it's just noise and marks given mid-year represent teacher's attempts at psychological manipulation more than actual grading outcomes.
- norwalkbear 4y agoIt's conscious bias, and it's not fair. A lot of women teachers consciously hold boys down to promote girls.
- throwaway290 4y agoBut on the other hand conscious bias is the only way to compensate for unconscious bias, isn't it? It's just hard to judge where to stop. Without blind testing it's probably futile.
- mkr-hn 4y agoNot much comfort to people who suffer in school because all the teachers saw them as an actor in a system instead of a person.
- feet 4y agoWe are all actors in a system, but that has nothing to do with it
- throwaway290 4y agoAgain, literally the only way you correct for unconscious bias is conscious bias. Where did you get the mistaken impression that it's supposed to be comforting knowledge? If your target is X = 0, and you think or you've been told that you act as if X = -2, then you act as if X = 2 and hope for the best.
- mkr-hn 4y agoYou're talking about mistreating some children for the benefit of others. These are people, not an algebra problem. Do you hear yourself?
- throwaway290 4y agoCare to clarify who is mistreating who exactly and how, and who in your opinion benefits from this in the end? To go back, someone commented that boys are consciously graded lower, to which I wrote that conscious bias is the only way to correct for previous unconscious bias. Now you talk about teachers not seeing persons in students and mistreatment. I lost track of what point you are making and how it relates to anything. Are you still commenting on TFA and grading bias or venting your beef with quality of teaching and education system as a whole? If the latter then by all means join the club
- haneefmubarak 4y agoI think the point that folks are trying to make here is that by treating these boys as actors in a system ("conscious bias to correct unconscious bias") is essentially mistreatment via failure to see and treat them as individuals. Teachers should in theory be focusing on the betterment of all of their students as individuals and it is messed up if they are intentionally treating some students worse (lower grades for work of the same quality in this case) in pursuit of some higher goals.