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Are Multiple-Choice Tests Unfair to Girls?

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Hellekant, Jan – System, 1994

Gender differences in English proficiency as a function of testing method were examined by comparing the scores of a representative sample of Swedish secondary school students who took the national English test. It found that boys performed better than girls on the multiple-choice part, whereas girls did better on the free-response part that…

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency

Differential Tendencies To Guess as a Function of Gender and Lingual-Cultural Reference Group.

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Gafni, Naomi; Estela, Melamed – 1988

The objective of this study was to investigate differential tendencies to avoid guessing as a function of three variables: (1) lingual-cultural-group; (2) gender; and (3) examination year. The Psychometric Entrance Test (PET) for universities in Israel was used, which is administered in Hebrew, Arabic, English, French, Spanish, and Russian. The…

Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Testing, Cultural Differences