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| Translated title of the contribution | Good looks, good grades? An empirical analysis of the influence of students' physical attractivenesson grading by teachers |
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| Original language | German |
| Pages (from-to) | 142-161 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Zeitschrift fur Soziologie |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 2012 |
Abstract
Many educational studies like PISA have shown that school performance is not purely determined by scholarly achievements. Apart from students' efforts, there are other criteria that influence school grades. One of these is the physical attractiveness of students, an aspect that has largely been ignored in national educational studies up to now. Based on a sample of three secondary high school classes in a large German city we tested the extent to which school grades are affected by the physical appearance of students and whether this effect is moderated by the so-called "beauty is beastly" effect. The results of our empirical analysis show that school grades are significantly influenced by physical attractiveness. We could, however, not find any support for the "beauty is beastly" effect.
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- Sociology and Political Science
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Schöne schüler, schöne noten?
T2 - Eine empirische untersuchung zum einfluss der physischen attraktivität von schülern auf die notenvergabe durch daslehrpersonal
AU - Dunkake, Imke
AU - Kiechle, Thomas
AU - Klein, Markus
AU - Rosar, Ulrich
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - Many educational studies like PISA have shown that school performance is not purely determined by scholarly achievements. Apart from students' efforts, there are other criteria that influence school grades. One of these is the physical attractiveness of students, an aspect that has largely been ignored in national educational studies up to now. Based on a sample of three secondary high school classes in a large German city we tested the extent to which school grades are affected by the physical appearance of students and whether this effect is moderated by the so-called "beauty is beastly" effect. The results of our empirical analysis show that school grades are significantly influenced by physical attractiveness. We could, however, not find any support for the "beauty is beastly" effect.
AB - Many educational studies like PISA have shown that school performance is not purely determined by scholarly achievements. Apart from students' efforts, there are other criteria that influence school grades. One of these is the physical attractiveness of students, an aspect that has largely been ignored in national educational studies up to now. Based on a sample of three secondary high school classes in a large German city we tested the extent to which school grades are affected by the physical appearance of students and whether this effect is moderated by the so-called "beauty is beastly" effect. The results of our empirical analysis show that school grades are significantly influenced by physical attractiveness. We could, however, not find any support for the "beauty is beastly" effect.
KW - Discrimination
KW - Education
KW - Gender
KW - Physical Attractiveness
KW - School Grades
KW - Social Inequality
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DO - 10.1515/zfsoz-2012-0206
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VL - 41
SP - 142
EP - 161
JO - Zeitschrift fur Soziologie
JF - Zeitschrift fur Soziologie
SN - 0340-1804
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