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Publication Date: 2018
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Viewing Students Consistently: How Stable Are Teachers' Expectations?
Rubie-Davies, Christine M.; Watson, Penelope W. St J.; Flint, Annaline; Garrett, Lynda; McDonald, Lyn
Educational Research and Evaluation, v24 n3-5 p221-240 2018
Over the past 50 years, research has shown that teacher expectations can influence student outcomes. Many studies have examined within-year effects. There is, however, a paucity of research that has investigated the stability of teachers' expectations across a single year, and there are no studies that have examined stability beyond 1 year. The current study examined the stability of 94 teachers' expectations within 3 separate years and across 3 years in mathematics and reading. In both subject areas, teachers' expectations remained relatively stable from beginning to end-of-year for each separate year and also across 3 years. Additionally, teachers who under- or overestimated their students by more than half a standard deviation continued to do so across all periods in the study. This was despite the teachers having different students each year. The study suggests that teachers view students' capabilities similarly despite having different student cohorts.
Descriptors: Reliability, Teacher Expectations of Students, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Accuracy, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Junior High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Zealand
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