Gender - internal factors (teacher attention)

Question 1

What did SPENCER say teachers about the split between teacher attention?

Answer 1

teachers spent more time with boys than girls

Question 2

Who said that teachers spent more time with boys than girls?

Answer 2

SPENCER

Question 3

Why do boys receive more attention from teachers that girls according to FRENCH?

Answer 3

because they received more dissaproval

Question 4

Who said that boys received more attention from teachers because they received more disapproval?

Answer 4

FRENCH

Question 5

What did FRANCIS find in the different types of teacher attention?

Answer 5

boys received more attention out of disapproval

girls received more academic attention

Question 6

EVALUATION: how do teacher attention cause the self fulfilling prophecy and the underachievement of boys?

Answer 6

they respond more positively to girl = positive self-fulfilling prophecy = high esteem = good grades