arXiv:2502.20135cs.CL2025-02被引 2

用大数据分析教师注意力分布,发现性别和种族影响教学资源分配

Educator Attention: How computational tools can systematically identify the distribution of a key resource for students

  • 通过百万级对话数据,用NLP技术追踪教师对学生的关注模式
  • 低成绩女生在混合性别组中获关注度显著低于同水平男生
  • 研究揭示了隐性教育不公,适合教育政策与公平性研究者参考

教师关注对学生成功至关重要,但其分配模式因数据与方法限制长期不明。本研究首次基于超过100万条虚拟小组辅导中的教师语句,结合学生人口统计与学业表现数据,运用自然语言处理技术系统分析教师关注的接收者与性质。结果表明,教师更倾向于关注低成就学生,但存在显著性别差异:当女生与男生组队时,即使成绩更低,也获得更少关注;低成就女性在混性别组中获关注显著少于高成就男性。此外,低成就非裔学生仅在与同族裔同伴组队时获得额外关注,而高成就英语学习者(EL)则远超低成就同类。该研究展示了大规模交互数据与计算方法如何揭示教学实践中的细微但关键的不平等,为制定更公平有效的教育策略提供实证依据。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Educator attention is critical for student success, yet how educators distribute their attention across students remains poorly understood due to data and methodological constraints. This study presents the first large-scale computational analysis of educator attention patterns, leveraging over 1 million educator utterances from virtual group tutoring sessions linked to detailed student demographic and academic achievement data. Using natural language processing techniques, we systematically examine the recipient and nature of educator attention. Our findings reveal that educators often provide more attention to lower-achieving students. However, disparities emerge across demographic lines, particularly by gender. Girls tend to receive less attention when paired with boys, even when they are the lower achieving student in the group. Lower-achieving female students in mixed-gender pairs receive significantly less attention than their higher-achieving male peers, while lower-achieving male students receive significantly and substantially more attention than their higher-achieving female peers. We also find some differences by race and English learner (EL) status, with low-achieving Black students receiving additional attention only when paired with another Black student but not when paired with a non-Black peer. In contrast, higher-achieving EL students receive disproportionately more attention than their lower-achieving EL peers. This work highlights how large-scale interaction data and computational methods can uncover subtle but meaningful disparities in teaching practices, providing empirical insights to inform more equitable and effective educational strategies.

教育公平注意力分析数据驱动性别差异

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