A new study shows that college students in online courses give better evaluations to instructors they think are men \u2013 even when the instructor is actually a woman.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ratings that students give instructors are really important, because they\u2019re used to guide higher education decisions related to hiring, promotions and tenure,\u201d says Lillian MacNell, lead author of a paper on the work and a Ph.D. student in sociology at NC State. \u201cAnd if the results of these evaluations are inherently biased against women, we need to find ways to address that problem.\u201d<\/p>\n
To address whether students judge female instructors differently than male instructors, the researchers evaluated a group of 43 students in an online course. The students were divided into four discussion groups of 8 to 12 students each. A female instructor led two of the groups, while a male instructor led the other two.<\/p>\n
However, the female instructor told one of her online discussion groups that she was male, while the male instructor told one of his online groups that he was female. Because of the format of the online groups, students never saw or heard their instructor.<\/p>\n
At the end of the course, students were asked to rate the discussion group instructors on 12 different traits, covering characteristics related to their effectiveness and interpersonal skills.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe found that the instructor whom students thought was male received higher ratings on all 12 traits, regardless of whether the instructor was actually male or female,\u201d MacNell says. \u201cThere was no difference between the ratings of the actual male and female instructors.\u201d<\/p>\n
In other words, students who thought they were being taught by women gave lower evaluation scores than students who thought they were being taught by men. It didn\u2019t matter who was actually teaching them.<\/p>\n
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