Hidden Biases

1) How do you think most teachers would do on the tests you took?
2) How would the context in which you teach (suburban, urban, rural, early, middle, or high school, etc.) influence your answers on this scale?
3) How do you think a teacher's hidden biases could influence students? At what point developmentally do you think teacher biases become influential to a student?

 

Seeing as how most teachers create the tests they give, I would say that mostly all of them would do exceptionally well. As the years progress, most question require more detailed and in-depth responses that shows that you clearly know the subject being discussed. However when it comes to standardized testing (MCAS, AP exams, SAT, ACT) I think teachers would be just as lost as the students are. I think it all depends on the type of test being taken. I don't think the context in which a person teaches gives them any advantage or disadvantage to their performance on a test that they most likely formed themselves. Most students care how a teacher perceives them. each student wants their teacher to see them as an intelligent, hard-working individual. I feel like teacher's hidden biases influence and encourage students to perform at their highest level and perform their very best. Not knowing how someone judges you forces you to do everything in your power to make your complexion as bright and positive as possible. I think developmentally when kids enter high school and begin to think more complexly and intellectually is when teachers' biases become most influential. Students will pursue the image of the "perfection student" in the eyes of their teachers.