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Table 5 Teacher behaviors in interactions with boys and girls, by subject

From: Failing to notice? Uneven teachers’ attention to boys and girls in the classroom

Subject area/variable

Obs.

Boys

Girls

T test

Mean

Std. dev.

Mean

Std. dev.

Boys − girls

p value

Math

 Praise

69

2.181

2.662

1.558

2.366

0.623

0.148

 Criticism

69

6.152

5.731

2.261

2.896

3.891

0.000

 Remediation

69

5.319

7.239

3.71

5.047

1.609

0.132

 Acceptance

69

12.529

14.294

7.659

5.209

4.87

0.009

 Call on

69

11.949

10.19

8.333

6.72

3.616

0.015

 Time spent

69

1.833

2.516

1.469

2.176

0.364

0.364

 Call out

69

14.442

22.688

5.819

7.197

8.623

0.003

Other

 Praise

168

2.833

3.931

2.414

3.144

0.42

0.281

 Criticism

168

5.739

6.368

2.459

4.226

3.28

0.000

 Remediation

168

4.988

6.649

3.798

5.964

1.19

0.085

 Acceptance

168

14.603

11.629

11.38

8.82

3.223

0.004

 Call on

168

17.755

14.112

13.105

11.836

4.65

0.001

 Time spent

167

1.702

2.37

1.199

1.982

0.502

0.036

 Call out

168

13.846

13.362

7.063

7.487

6.784

0.000

  1. Source: Primary data
  2. Note: T test refers to the result of a test of differences in means of the corresponding variable between boys and girls. The column labeled boys − girls reports the difference in means between boys and girls. The column labeled p value reports the p value of the test of differences in means between genders