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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 23.
Published in final edited form as: Compare. 2011 Mar 25;41(5):629–648. doi: 10.1080/03057925.2011.566688

Table 11.

Examples of students’ reflective appraisals of teachers by sample and gender over the course of the year (same student from fall to spring).

CELMAN male/
female student #		 Fall comments: My teachers would
say that …		 Spring comments: My teachers
would say that …
CLE M 1 I turn in my work on time and follow directions. I’m also nice to classmates He gets good grades and he keeps up with most things.
CLE M 2 He gets his work done on time and answers right most of the time. And he raises his hand after questions. He does his work on time and gets good grades in class. He’s improving. I had a B in math but now I’m averaging a low A.
CLE F 1 She’s a hard working student. I do more for my work, especially math. She’s smart and a good leader. But not a lot of teachers I have now know me really well.
CLE F 2 They’d say I am a good helper. Cooperative. Miss R would say I’m pretty good at most things. My math teacher would say I’m good. Mr Z would say I’m wonderful. All have a good opinion of me.
MAN M 1 They’d say my education is quite good. And they’d talk about the things I like to do at school. They would tell you about my good qualities but I can also be a bit too chatty. My behavior is pretty good and my test results are good.
MAN M 2 They would say I’m hard working. I like to talk in class. Yesterday we had a story about New Zealand and I guessed the story right away. They’d say I take hours to do my homework and they’d say I do it well. He does very well in school.
MAN F 1 All my teachers would say some days I’m talkative, sometimes I don’t work like my brother, sometimes I’ll do good work and sometimes I’m lazy. She can work when she wants to but will chat sometimes. I like to lean against the wall. Sometimes I just do things without thinking about it. My mind wanders.
MAN F 2 They’d say I’m sometimes naughty, but that I work hard. I’m really good at maths. The maths teacher knows me well enough to comment. They would tell you about both bad and good behaviors. Some teachers think I’m so clever, but others don’t.