Top-performing girls are more impactful peer role models than boys, teachers say.

• Tác giả: Sofoklis Goulas, Rigissa Megalokonomou, Panagiotis Sotirakopoulos
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 780.7 Education, research, performances, related topics
• Thông tin xuất bản: United States : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 178674

Tóm tắt

 We examine teachers' perceptions toward top-performing students and their role model influence on others in an online survey-based experiment. We randomly expose teachers to profiles of top-performing students and inquire whether they consider the profiled top performers to be influential role models. These profiles varied by gender and field of study (STEM or Non-STEM). Our findings show that teachers perceive top-performing girls as more influential peer role models compared to top-performing boys ([Formula: see text]
  [Formula: see text]). We also investigate the qualities teachers perceive top performers who are successful role models to have. We show that teachers associate a greater sense of learning autonomy and sense of being an example with top-performing girls compared to top-performing boys. Estimated effects are more pronounced among teachers with children and teachers in urban areas. Administrative data from a representative sample show limited observed differences between top-performing boys' and girls' educational outcomes that could justify the differences in teachers' gender perceptions. These findings carry significant implications for education, as teachers play a crucial role in the cultivation of positive externalities between students.