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Gender Influences : Reading Student Texts /

Donnalee Rubin examines the responses of thirty-one freshman composition teachers to student writing and shows the negative effects of gender bias on assessment to prove that gender perceptions and expectations can influence assessment decisions that seem neutral on the surface. Arguing that certain...

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Autor principal: Rubin, Donnalee
Autor Corporativo: Conference on College Composition and Communication (U.S.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 1993.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Donnalee Rubin examines the responses of thirty-one freshman composition teachers to student writing and shows the negative effects of gender bias on assessment to prove that gender perceptions and expectations can influence assessment decisions that seem neutral on the surface. Arguing that certain pedagogies are more likely to minimize gender bias than others, Rubin believes that teachers are more likely to overcome the influence of gender bias on their teaching if they adopt a process-based method and work intimately with their students through nondirective, supportive conferences. Rubin.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (168 pages).
ISBN:9780809390915