Analyzes the hypothesized biasing effect of teachers' gender stereotypes on their impressions of their students' competence and effort in mathematics. Teacher perceptions were consistent with stereotypes of gender differences. Discusses student performance level as an essential mediator-variable in the transmission of teachers' gender stereotypes.…

A total of 360 boys and girls from first through sixth grade were randomly selected and tested with an instrument developed in the Tacoma Public Schools, to determine: (1) differences in physical skills and fitness performance of pupils who received the services of an elementary physical education specialist and pupils who had not, and (2)…

Nevada elementary school teachers were surveyed to determine obstacles to science teaching. Results obtained from 292 questionnaires revealed a fairly uniform perception of obstacles (such as lack of teaching time, equipment, supplies) across categories of grade, sex, and age. Results agree with those obtained in several national surveys. (JN)

Teachers' attributions of cause for pupils' past performance were investigated under varying experimental conditions. Variables were pupils' race, sex, and past performance. Teachers' causal attributions were strongly influenced by students' race, but not by sex or past performance. Possible effects of such attributions on children's achievement…

Correlates of creative performance were investigated for 157 grade 11 students. Measures of creative performance were significantly correlated with measures of creative ability. Positive relationships were also found between academic achievement and creative ability and between academic achievement and creative performance. Gender effects favoring…

Male and female volunteer teachers' attitudes toward student performance is assessed. (DEP)

High school students read and rated descriptions of teachers (Experiment 1) and teachers read and rated descriptions of students (Experiment 2) that varied across sex and sex-role behavior. Male students were less positive in their evaluations of teachers than were females. Male teachers were rated more highly than female teachers. (Author/BW)

A comparison of observed classroom behavior, tonic and phasic physiological arousal level, and task performance of 98 male and female first-grade children revealed sex differences in only 3 of 18 variables. Many assumed sex differences may be negligible and teachers' expectations may influence their perceptions. (SB)

The impact of teacher and student sex differences and student assessment of teacher sex role orientation on student attitudes toward learning was examined with 252 undergraduate students, each evaluating 1 teacher. Results do not support the sex role congruency hypothesis. Students were more affected by overall teacher qualities. (SLD)

Responses of 250 college faculty to questions about "good" teaching were analyzed by gender, rank, and discipline. Overall, few gender differences were found. Those that emerged include greater female faculty interest in student self-esteem, class interaction/participation, and seeking outside assistance in improving teaching. Male faculty valued…

This module is intended to enable secondary school physical education teachers to recognize: (1) that inaccurate assumptions about biological differences have been used to justify different opportunities for boys and girls in physical education; (2) some common misconceptions about girls and women; (3) that tendencies to generalize about physical…

Describes a study which explored the relationship between sex role perceptions of physical educators and their attitudes/expectations regarding female participation and performance in various physical activities. Also examines sex of teachers versus teachers' self-definition of their sex role as a determinant of curriculum objectives valued.…

Examines factors having a bearing on boy/girl performance in second-language classes in the United Kingdom. Findings indicate that boys attach less importance to learning a foreign language than girls do; girls are more conscientious about their schoolwork than boys are; expectations for boys and girls are different; and students value the…