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

ABSTRACT: 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-per

SUBMITTER: Goulas S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11831187 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature