GENDER AND CLASSROOM INTERACTION
Abstract
This paper asks whether classroom interaction reflects the existing gender inequality in the society. By looking at the questions and feedbacks used by male and female teachers in mathematics classes, the paper highlights that female teachers tend to use more questions and more praises than male teachers, hence their language is more "cooperative". Male teachers, on the contrary, use more criticism than female teachers, hence their language is more "competitive". With regards to gender of the students, the paper shows that male students receive more questions than female students from both male and female teachers.