SEX STATUS IN TEACHER GROUPS

RUNNING HEAD: Status conflict in groups Status Conflict in Groups

We introduce status conflicts-defined as attempts to defend or elevate one's own relative status (i.e., prominence or respect)-as a key group process that affects task group performance. Using mixed research methods, we qualitatively identify the characteristics of status conflicts, validate a four-item survey scale that distinctly measures status conflict, and investigate the relationship betw...

Sex ratios in primate groups

Running head: ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF SEX BIAS IN TEACHER EXPECTATIONS Can Sex-Undifferentiated Teacher Expectations Mask an Influence of Sex Stereotypes? Alternative Forms of Sex Bias in Teacher Expectations

This research investigated different forms of sex bias in teacher expectations relative to gymnastics performance. First, a laboratory experiment including 163 physical education teachers confirmed that stereotypes favorable to boys may influence teacher expectations in gymnastics. Next, a naturalistic study involving 15 teachers and 422 students showed that teachers expected no sex differences...

on the status of mixed methods research in applied linguistics

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Using Online Discussion Groups in a CALL Teacher Training Course

This paper reports the results of a study that examined an online discussion group established for a computer-assisted language learning (CALL) course and investigated patterns of interactions generated through the online discussion and participants’ attitudes toward the computer-mediated communication (CMC) activity. The participants in the study were 24 English as a second/foreign language (E...