Gender Bias in Teaching? An In-Depth Look at Teacher Bias in Math and Science Curriculums By: Allie, Beth, Kevin, and Lauren

Table of Contents  Myth  Mythbust  Personal Experience

Myth Science and Math Teachers are no Longer Biased Toward Their Male Students

Live Science Says… Biases Persist in Science and Mathematic Classrooms  Example: “A teacher will often help a boy do an experiment by explaining how to do it, while when a girl asks for assistance, the teacher will often simply do the experiment, leaving the girl to watch rather than do”  Everyone Benefits Only When Teachers Deliberately Involve Female Students

Live Science Suggests… Suggestions for Teachers to Eliminate Gender Bias in the Classroom  Make Sure Everyone in the Class is Called on Over the Course of a Particular Lesson  Ask a Question and Wait at Least Ten Seconds Before Calling on any Student to Answer  Instructions Should be Inquiry Based and Hands On  Engage Students in Problem Solving as Cooperative Teams

Research Says… Biases Persist in Science and Mathematics Classrooms  Education Expert: Classroom Gender Bias Persists  By: Jill Goetz  Gender Bias in Teaching  By: Kathryn Scantlebury  Gender Bias in Education: Treating Boys and Girls Differently at School  By: Gale Thompson  Mathematical Thinking of Kindergarten Boys and Girls; Similar Achievement, Different Contributing Processes  By: Pnina Klein, Ester Adi-Japha, and Simcha Hakak-Benizri

Research Suggests… Suggestions for Teachers to Eliminate Gender Bias in the Classroom  Education Expert: Classroom Gender Bias Persists  By: Jill Goetz  Gender Bias in Teaching  By: Kathryn Scantlebury  Gender Bias in Education: Treating Boys and Girls Differently at School  By: Gale Thompson  Mathematical Thinking of Kindergarten Boys and Girls; Similar Achievement, Different Contributing Processes  By: Pnina Klein, Ester Adi-Japha, and Simcha Hakak-Benizri

On the Other Hand… Not Only are Teachers Biased Towards their Students, but Students are also Biased Towards their Teachers  Unraveling Bias from Student Evaluations of their High School Science Teachers  By: Geoff Potvin, Zahra Hazari, Robert Tai, and Philip Sadler Gender Divided Classrooms?

Personal Experiences  Kevin  Allie  Lauren  Beth

Myth Science and Math Teachers are no Longer Biased Toward Their Male Students