Teachers and the Gender Gaps in Student Achievement

• Autores: Thomas S. Dee
• Localización: Journal of human resources, ISSN 0022-166X, Vol. 42, Nº 3, 2007, págs. 528-554
• Idioma: inglés
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  • A prominent class of explanations for the gender gaps in student outcomes focuses on the interactions between students and teachers. In this study, I examine whether assignment to a same-gender teacher influences student achievement, teacher perceptions of student performance, and student engagement. This study’s identification strategy exploits a unique matchedpairs feature of a major longitudinal study, which provides contemporaneous data on student outcomes in two different subjects. Within-student comparisons indicate that assignment to a same-gender teacher significantly improves the achievement of both girls and boys as well as teacher perceptions of student performance and student engagement with the teacher’s subject.