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Questioning Nonfiction Teaching Students How to Read and Write about Nonfiction

while Thinking Actively and Critically

February 1, 2017—Nancy Steineke SCIRA

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Avoiding gender bias in reference writingGot a great student? Planning to write a super letter of reference?

Don’t fall into these common traps based on unconscious gender bias.

Keep it professionalLetters of reference for women are 7x more

likely to mention personal life - something that is almost always irrelevant for the application.

Also make sure you use formal titles and surnames for both men and women.

Be careful raising doubtWe all want to write honest letters, but

negative or irrelevant comments, such as ‘challenging personality’ or ‘I have

confidence that she will become better than average’ are twice as common in letters for

female applicants. Don’t add doubt unless it is strictly necessary!

Stay away from stereotypesAlthough they describe positive traits,

adjectives like ‘caring’, ‘compassionate’, and ‘helpful’ are used more frequently in letters

for women and can evoke gender stereotypes which can hurt a candidate. And be careful

not to invoke these stereotypes directly (‘she is not emotional’).

Emphasize accomplishments, not effortLetters for reference for men are more likely to emphasize accomplishments (‘his research’, ‘his skills’, or ‘his career’) while letters for women are 50% more likely to include ‘grind-stone’ adjectives that describe effort. ‘Hard-working’ associates with effort, but not ability.

Research from Trix, F & Psenka, C. Exploring the color of glass: Letters of recommendation for female and male medical faculty. Discourse & Society, 2003; and Madera, JM, Hebl, MR, & Martin, RC. Gender and letters of Recommendation for Academia: Agentic and Communal Differences. Journal of Applied Psychology, 2009.

Don’t stop now!On average, letters for men are 16% longer than letters for women and letters for women are 2.5x as likely to make a minimal assurance (‘she can do the job’) rather than a ringing endorsement (‘she is the best for the job’).

We all share biasIt is important to remember that unconscious gender bias isn’t a male problem. Research shows that women are just a susceptible to these common pitfalls as men. This is a problem for all of us - let’s solve it together!

Mention research & publicationsLetters of reference for men are 4x more likely to mention publications and twice as likely to have multiple references to research. Make sure you put these critical accomplishments in every letter!

Adjectives to avoid:caring

compassionatehard-workingconscientious

dependablediligent

dedicatedtactful

interpersonalwarm

helpful

Adjectives to include:successfulexcellent

accomplishedoutstanding

skilledknowlegeable

insightfulresourcefulconfidentambitious

independentintellectual

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BibliographyAssessment Live! 10 Real-Time Ways for Kids to Show What They Know—And Meet theStandards. Nancy Steineke. 2008. Heinemann.

Best Practice-Fourth Edition. Steve Zemelman, Harvey Daniels, and Arthur Hyde. 2012.Heinemann.

Mini-Lessons for Literature Circles. Harvey Daniels and Nancy Steineke. 2004.Heinemann.

Reading and Writing Together. Nancy Steineke. 2002. Heinemann.

Teaching the Social Skills of Academic Interaction. Harvey Daniels and Nancy Steineke.2014. Corwin.

Texts and Lessons for Content-Area Reading. Harvey Daniels and Nancy Steineke. 2011.Heinemann.

Texts and Lessons for Content-Area Writing. Harvey Daniels and Nancy Steineke. 2016.Heinemann.

Texts and Lessons for Literature. Harvey Daniels and Nancy Steineke. 2013. Heinemann.

Upstanders. Harvey Daniels and Sara Ahmed. 2014. Heinemann.

PICTURE BOOKSFriends for Freedom. Suzanne Slade. 2014. Charlesbridge.

Heart on Fire. Ann Malaspina. 2012. Albert Whitman & Company.

Hillary. Jonah Winter. 2016. Random House.

Hillary Rodham Clinton: Dreams Taking Flight. Kathleen Krull. 2015. Simon & Schuster.

Hillary Rodham Clinton: Some Girls Are Born to Lead. Michelle Markel. 2016. Harper Collins.

If You Lived When Women Won Their Rights. Anne Kamma. 2008. Scholastic.

Mommy, Who Is Donald Trump? Taffy Jensen. 2016. CreateSpace Independent PublishingPlatform.

Susan B. Anthony. Alexandra Wallner. 2012. Holiday House.

Susan B. Anthony: Fighter for Freedom and Equality. Suzanne Slade. 2007. Picture WindowBooks (imprint of Capstone).

Two Friends. Dean Robbins. 2016. Orchard Books (imprint of Scholastic).



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