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Ducks Lay Eggs and Lions Have Manes: The Acceptability of Gender-Specific Minority Generic Sentences
Passanisi, Alessia; Pace, Ugo; Kabir, Khalida T.; Hampton, James A. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2021
Minority characteristic generic statements such as "ducks lay eggs" are judged to be generally true of the class, despite being true of a minority of cases, such as healthy female ducks of egg-laying age. Five studies explored the factors responsible for the acceptance of minority generic statements about biological kinds. Studies 1 and…
Descriptors: Animals, Gender Differences, Birth, Biology
Urban Elementary Single-Sex Math Classrooms: Mitigating Stereotype Threat for African American Girls
Bowe, Anica G.; Desjardins, Christopher D.; Covington Clarkson, Lesa M.; Lawrenz, Frances – Urban Education, 2017
This study utilized a mixed-methods approach to holistically examine single-sex and coeducational urban elementary mathematics classes through situated cognitive theory. Participants came from two urban low-income Midwestern elementary schools with a high representation of minority students (n = 77 sixth graders, n = 4 teachers, n = 2 principals).…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Mixed Methods Research, Single Sex Schools
Dai, Hai Min; Ju, Bei; Teo, Timothy; Rappa, Natasha Anne – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2021
To respond to an increasing emphasis placed on research capability and productivity, universities in China are reforming their policies regarding faculty's performance evaluation and promotion criteria. Faculties are motivated to invest in research, and those without a PhD degree are strongly encouraged to enroll in doctoral programs. From the…
Descriptors: Women Faculty, Universities, Intention, Doctoral Degrees
Takriti, Rachel; Tairab, Hassan; Alhosani, Najwa; Elhoweris, Hala; Schofield, Lindsay; Rabbani, Lutfieh; AlAmirah, Iman – Science & Education, 2023
Nature of science (NOS) is a global conception of the infrastructure of science and, therefore, forms the foundation for teaching and learning science, especially for preservice teachers who are expected to have the proper understanding of NOS to thoughtfully emphasize NOS within their instruction to students. However, studies investigating UAE…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Scientific Principles, Foreign Countries
Simons, Jack D.; Hutchison, Brian; Bahr, Michael W. – Professional School Counseling, 2017
This study sought to understand school counselor advocacy for lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) students using the theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 2015). The authors analyzed data from a non-random sample of 398 school counselors in the United States. Participants completed demographic items and the Attitudes subscale of the Sexual Orientation…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Counselor Role, Advocacy, Homosexuality
Sinnott, Jan D.; And Others – 1995
The Bem Sex Role Inventory was administered to adults age 60 and over to examine the nature of their scores on this scale in light of their current developmental demands and life circumstances. This study examined whether there is reason to believe that the nature of mature adults' scores is influenced by four things: passage of time; cohort in…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Individual Development, Middle Aged Adults
Kanekar, Amar; Sharma, Manoj – Journal of Health Education Teaching, 2011
The HIV/AIDS epidemic has taken a tremendous toll on the population of the United States. College students, including African-Americans aged 13-24 years, across the nation are susceptible to contracting sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS as they participate in unsafe sex practices. The purpose of this article is to provide teaching…
Descriptors: Learning Modules, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Disease Control, Sexuality
Almusharraf, Norah – Cogent Education, 2020
The research reported here represents a qualitative case study that engaged teachers as participants over a prolonged period, examining their teaching practices and agentive roles in the language development of their students. This study draws on a social constructivist framework and transformative learning theory, both of which approach the…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Case Studies, Teaching Methods, Personal Autonomy
Whitford, Alyssa – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2023
This study investigates the potential of integrating social studies instruction with critical literacy practices to challenge and/or expand elementary students' perceptions of gender. Gender stereotypes develop early in childhood and are often reinforced throughout elementary education. Thus, this study examines the use of a framework for social…
Descriptors: Sex Stereotypes, Elementary School Students, Social Studies, Critical Literacy
Steinfeldt, Jesse A.; Zakrajsek, Rebecca A.; Bodey, Kimberly J.; Middendorf, Katharine G.; Martin, Scott B. – Counseling Psychologist, 2013
Female student athletes often desire a muscular body to be successful in sport, but this body type does not conform to traditional cultural norms of femininity. In this study, the authors qualitatively examined the experiences of female intercollegiate volleyball players to better understand their beliefs about their bodies--both as athletes and…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Athletes, Females, Human Body
Bryant, Tatiana; Bussell, Hilary; Halpern, Rebecca – College & Research Libraries, 2019
While much of the literature on gender in librarianship approaches this issue at an organizational level, this qualitative study investigates how individuals working in libraries perceive their gender identities as a resource for their professional goals and how this intersects with other social identities including race and sexuality. Using a…
Descriptors: Sexual Identity, Library Science, Performance, Librarians
Chikunda, Charles – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2014
The physical sciences, mathematics and technology subjects in Zimbabwe, like in most other African countries, are still male dominated. This is despite numerous efforts over the years directed towards gender equality in these disciplines. Many studies point at teacher education as not doing enough to assist future teachers in these disciplines…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Curriculum Implementation, Sex Fairness
Litosseliti, Lia; Leadbeater, Claire – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2013
Background: The speech and language therapy/pathology (SLT/SLP) profession is characterized by extreme "occupational sex segregation", a term used to refer to persistently male- or female-dominated professions. Men make up only 2.5% of all SLTs in the UK, and a similar imbalance is found in other countries. Despite calls to increase…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Speech Therapy, Allied Health Personnel, Speech Language Pathology
Harris, Frank, III; Harper, Shaun R. – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2015
Social scientists, educational researchers, postsecondary educators (including student affairs professionals), and others have attempted to understand problematic behavioral trends and developmental outcomes among undergraduate men. Little attention has been devoted to examining the masculine identities and ideals about manhood that these students…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Masculinity, Undergraduate Students, Higher Education
Andruskiw, Olga – 1978
A study to identify and compare the attitudes of women and men administrators toward sex characteristics and sex role images and to examine the relationship between administrators' attitudes and the evaluations of women and men as administrators in higher education is presented. Sampling techniques, data collection and analysis methods are…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Administrators
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