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Academic Engagement, Academic Achievement, and Teacher Quality According to Gender: A Study with University Students from the Colombian Caribbean
Author(s) -
Donado Antonio César,
Zerpa Carlos Enrique,
Ruiz Betty Luz
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
new directions for teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1536-0768
pISSN - 0271-0633
DOI - 10.1002/tl.20316
Subject(s) - psychology , academic achievement , quality (philosophy) , student engagement , differential effects , mathematics education , medicine , philosophy , epistemology
This chapter reports a study that examines the differential effects of gender in teacher quality evaluations among Colombian students. Men and women rated teacher performance differently. Gender can be a moderating variable that better predicts the outcomes of such evaluations compared to commitment or academic performance.