Teachers' Expectations for Black Males' and Black Females' Academic Achievement
- 1 February 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
- Vol. 17 (1) , 78-82
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167291171012
Abstract
Expectancy effects for Black males and Black females and a suspected cause of these effects were studied. Teachers responded to a questionnaire containing 12 case histories of hypothetical Black fourth-grade males and females. Teachers predicted students' academic performance far the current school year and in the future and rated their preference for having the students in their classes. Results indicated that even when students had equivalent qualities, teachers consistently held more negative expectations for Black males and gave them lower ratings. Teachers had the lowest expectations for nonsubmissive, in independent Black males and preferred them least. Fear of Black males who are nonsubmissive and independent may be the cause of this bias.Keywords
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