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Classroom Participation and Student-Faculty Interactions: Does Gender Matter?
- The Journal of Higher Education
- The Ohio State University Press
- Volume 84, Number 6, November/December 2013
- pp. 745-768
- 10.1353/jhe.2013.0036
- Article
- Additional Information
We conducted an observational study to examine the effect of student and professor gender on college classroom participation and faculty-student interactions. A main effect for professor gender emerged, with more voluntary responses in female-taught classes. As the percentage of males present increased, overall voluntary responses and professor praise decreased.