The Impact of Teacher Perceptions About Student Socioeconomic Status on Grading Practices

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dc.contributor.advisorJohnston, Amanda M
dc.contributor.committeeMemberWalther, Christine
dc.creatorBeard, Christopher David
dc.creator.orcid0000-0001-7215-0663
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-25T20:18:42Z
dc.date.available2021-01-25T20:18:42Z
dc.date.created2020-12
dc.date.issued2020-12-04
dc.date.submittedDecember 2020
dc.date.updated2021-01-25T20:18:42Z
dc.description.abstractThe current study investigated if teachers’ perceptions of student socioeconomic status (SES) resulted in higher grades for high-SES students compared to low-SES students. Sixty-nine participants read one of two nearly identical information sheets that included the student’s parents’ occupations as an indicator of SES. Participants then read one of two essays that had been previously graded as a “B,” and provided an overall rating of the essay, a numeric and letter grade, and ratings of the introduction and conclusion, strength of the thesis, structure of body paragraphs and sentences, and approximate number of grammatical errors. It was hypothesized that essays from low-SES students would receive lower ratings than essays from high-SES students; however, statistical analyses resulted in nonsignificant findings for all dependent variables. Additional analyses to determine if significant differences in the essays or in the essays per condition existed yielded nonsignificant findings. While the current research failed to find significant results in the grades assigned to low- and high-SES students, a discussion of how even non-significant differences may impact various academic outcomes for low-SES students is included.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657.1/2549
dc.subjectsocioeconomic status, SES, grading, education, teachers
dc.titleThe Impact of Teacher Perceptions About Student Socioeconomic Status on Grading Practices
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston-Clear Lake
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science

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