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Sex and Rural-Urban Differences in Standardized Achievement Scores and Mathematical Subskills.
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Randhawa, Bikkar S.; Hunt, Dennis – Canadian Journal of Education, 1987
A mental ability test and an achievement battery were administered to a large sample of grades 4, 7, and 10 students from a midwestern province in Canada. Findings, in general, showed higher achievement in a majority of subtests with no sex and jurisdiction interactions. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
Basic Skills and Macro- and Micro-Analysis of Mathematics Achievement of Grade Ten Students as a Function of Gender and Locale.
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Randhawa, Bikkar S. – British Educational Research Journal, 1988
Examines gender and rural-urban differences in achievement and macro- and micro-skills in mathematics. A representative sample of classrooms consisting of 1587 students from a mid-western Canadian province was administered a standardized achievement test battery. Concludes females scored better than males in all areas except mathematics and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 10, High Schools, Mathematics Achievement
Sex and Jurisdiction Differences in Achievement.
Randhawa, Bikkar S.; Hunt, Dennis – 1984
This study examined rural/urban and sex differences in achievement in reading, language, and mathematics for 4918 students in grades 4, 7, and 10 from a midwestern province in Canada. Particular attention was given to subskill and sex differences in mathematics achievement. Each student was administered a mental ability test and an achievement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries