Asking teachers to set high expectations leads to more detailed feedback and reveals subtle bias, study finds

Prompting teachers to communicate high expectations and confidence in students' potential leads them to give more detailed feedback, according to a new study led by Yasemin Copur-Gencturk, Ph.D., a professor of education at USC Rossier and co-director of the USC STEM Center; Ian Thacker, Ph.D., an associate professor of educational psychology at The University of Texas at San Antonio; and Joseph Cimpian, Ph.D., a professor of economics and education policy at New York University.

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