Gender Differences in Mathematical Achievement Related to the Ratio of Girls to Boys in School Classes.

Manger, Terje; Gjestad, Rolf

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ERIC Number: EJ586428

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Publication Date: 1997

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Gender Differences in Mathematical Achievement Related to the Ratio of Girls to Boys in School Classes.

Manger, Terje; Gjestad, Rolf

International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de l'Education, v43 n2-3 p193-201 1997

Investigates the relationship between mathematical achievement and the ratio of boys to girls in a sample of third-grade Norwegian elementary school students. States that belonging to classes with a numerical majority of boys or girls did not affect the achievement of either gender. Opposes the single-sexing of mathematics teaching. (27 citations) (VWC)

Descriptors: Coeducation, Elementary School Mathematics, Foreign Countries, Grade 3, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Primary Education, Sex Differences, Single Sex Classes, Womens Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Norway

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