Teacher characteristics and their effects on student test scores: A systematic review

J Coenen, I Cornelisz, W Groot… - Journal of economic …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
It has become widely accepted that teachers are important in facilitating student learning.
Hundreds of empirical studies have tried to explain differences in student performance by …

Teacher gender, student gender, and primary school achievement: Evidence from ten Francophone African countries

J Lee, DE Rhee, R Rudolf - The Journal of Development Studies, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Using an exceptionally rich, standardised education assessment dataset comprising over
1800 primary schools and 31,000 grade six students from 10 francophone Western and …

Do gender roles and norms affect performance in maths? The impact of adolescents' and their peers' gender conceptions on maths grades

Z Salikutluk, S Heyne - European Sociological Review, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Although girls outperform boys in academic achievement in general, boys still have an
advantage in STEM fields in many countries. One possible explanation for the female …

Schools as a relatively standardizing institution: The case of gender gaps in cognitive skills

DB Downey, M Kuhfeld, M van Hek - Sociology of Education, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Growing evidence suggests that contrary to popular belief, schools mostly do not generate
achievement gaps in cognitive skills but, rather, reflect the inequalities that already exist. In …

Same-gender teacher assignment, instructional strategies, and student achievement: New evidence on the mechanisms generating same-gender teacher effects

IG Andersen, D Reimer - Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper analyzes whether differences in instructional strategies between male and
female teachers explain the same-gender teacher advantage on student achievement …

[HTML][HTML] Teacher judgements and gender achievement gaps in primary education in England, Germany, and the US

M Olczyk, S Gentrup, T Schneider, A Volodina… - Social Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Findings from international large-scale assessment studies in primary and lower secondary
school, such as the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), the Trends in …

Same-sex role model effects in education

A de Gendre, J Feld, N Salamanca, U Zölitz - 2023 - econstor.eu
We study same-sex role model effects of teachers with a meta-analysis and our own study of
three million students in 90 countries. Both approaches show that role model effects on …

Gender differences and motivation for the teaching profession: Why do men choose (not) to teach?

IP Jugovic, A Maskalan… - Australian Journal of …, 2022 - search.informit.org
The aim of this study was to explore gender differences in motivation for choosing teaching
as a profession and perceptions of men's demotivation for the choice of this profession. 279 …

Teachers' gender and disciplinary background contribute to early sex differences in mathematics

L Gurgand, H Peyre, F Ramus - 2023 - osf.io
This study explores the influence of teachers' characteristics (gender, disciplinary
background, educational attainment, age and experience) on gender differences in …

Género y educación: brecha inversa y segregación

JS Martínez García - Panorámica general de la equidad, educación y …, 2021 - ddd.uab.cat
Las desigualdades en rendimiento educativo en función del género de los estudiantes es
objeto de interés en la comunidad científica desde hace varias décadas, habiéndose …