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Do Children's First Names
Affect the Grades Teachers Give Them?
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Herbert Harari, a psychologist at
the University of California in San Diego, made a study in 1973 of whether
children's first names affect the grades that teachers give.
Eight essays said to be of
identical quality were duplicated and given to eighty fifth-grade and
sixth-grade teachers to evaluate. Four of the papers bore names considered
to be ordinary: Michael, David, Karen, and Lisa. The other four had
less common names: Elmer, Hubert, Bertha, and Adelle.
Michael and David outscored Elmer
and Hubert by a full letter grade. Karen and Lisa outscored Bertha by a
small margin - a point and a half. Adelle's grades were reported as
"not significantly lower."
Like other such research, this
study should not be considered conclusive unless confirmed by further
investigations.
Hook, J. N. The Book of Names,
A Celebration of Mainly American Names: People, Places, and Things. Franklin
Watts, 1983.
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