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International Journal of STEM Education

Table 6 HLM results for teachers’ ratings of students’ mathematical ability and the moderating role of teachers’ beliefs and dispositions for solutions that are not completely correct

From: Teachers’ race and gender biases and the moderating effects of their beliefs and dispositions

Predictor

No moderator

Modern sexism

Fixed mindset

Experiences of sexism

Experiences of racism

Math anxiety

Boys

0.48

0.70*

0.70*

0.70*

0.70*

0.70*

0.70*

0.70*

0.70*

0.70*

0.70*

0.70*

(0.46)

(0.31)

(0.31)

(0.31)

(0.31)

(0.31)

(0.31)

(0.31)

(0.31)

(0.31)

(0.31)

(0.31)

White

0.21

0.11

0.11

0.11

0.11

0.11

0.11

0.11

0.11

0.11

0.11

0.11

(0.61)

(0.40)

(0.40)

(0.40)

(0.40)

(0.40)

(0.40)

(0.40)

(0.40)

(0.40)

(0.40)

(0.40)

Moderator

  

− 0.25

0.09

0.55

0.39

− 0.30

0.05

− 0.20

− 0.21

0.47

− 0.03

  

(0.47)

(0.44)

(0.53)

(0.50)

(0.46)

(0.45)

(0.50)

(0.47)

(0.48)

(0.47)

Boys* moderator

  

0.81**

 

− 0.18

 

0.21

 

0.04

 

− 0.57*

 
  

(0.31)

 

(0.32)

 

(0.33)

 

(0.37)

 

(0.28)

 

White* moderator

   

0.20

 

0.20

 

− 0.75~

 

0.09

 

0.66~

   

(0.43)

 

(0.42)

 

(0.42)

 

(0.38)

 

(0.37)

Teacher-centered correctness

 

5.33***

5.32***

5.33***

5.33***

5.33***

5.33***

5.33***

5.33***

5.33***

5.33***

5.33***

 

(0.11)

(0.11)

(0.11)

(0.11)

(0.11)

(0.11)

(0.11)

(0.11)

(0.11)

(0.11)

(0.11)

Mean correctness

 

6.58***

6.57***

6.57***

6.57***

6.57***

6.59***

6.59***

6.58***

6.58***

6.56***

6.56***

 

(0.37)

(0.38)

(0.38)

(0.37)

(0.37)

(0.38)

(0.38)

(0.38)

(0.38)

(0.38)

(0.38)

Intercept

77.41***

60.50***

60.52***

60.50***

60.51***

60.51***

60.51***

60.54***

60.51***

60.51***

60.52***

60.50***

(1.43)

(1.09)

(1.09)

(1.09)

(1.09)

(1.09)

(1.10)

(1.09)

(1.09)

(1.09)

(1.09)

(1.09)

Variance intercept

92.15

54.59

54.58

54.57

54.40

54.40

54.58

54.59

54.56

54.56

54.55

54.55

(8.68)

(5.24)

(5.25)

(5.25)

(5.26)

(5.26)

(5.26)

(5.26)

(5.24)

(5.24)

(5.23)

(5.23)

Variance residual

311.25

145.32

145.14

145.31

145.31

145.30

145.30

145.18

145.32

145.32

145.23

145.21

(11.20)

(5.17)

(5.16)

(5.17)

(5.17)

(5.17)

(5.17)

(5.14)

(5.17)

(5.17)

(5.16)

(5.16)

ICC

0.23

0.27

0.27

0.27

0.27

0.27

0.27

0.27

0.27

0.27

0.27

0.27

  1. The weighted results are reported here. Values in parentheses indicate robust standard errors clustered at the teacher level. The model also includes the item and item order as fixed effects
  2. N = 413. ~p < 0.10. *p < 0.05. **p < 0.01. ***p < 0.001
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