Sex Differences in Mathematics Attainment at GCE Ordinary Level.

Wood, Robert

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Sex Differences in Mathematics Attainment at GCE Ordinary Level

Wood, Robert

Educational Studies, 2, 2, 141-60, Jun 76

In a comparison of mathematical abilities of boys and girls, after allowing for school effects, boys are seen to excel on problems involving scale or measurement, probability, and space-time relationships. Possible explanations for the observed differences are made. (Author/AV)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Item Analysis, Literature Reviews, Mathematics, Sex Differences, Skills

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