Research Catalog

Title

Equally prepared for life? : how 15-year-old boys and girls perform in school.

Publication

Paris : OECD, 2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Programme for International Student Assessment
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Description

76 p. : ill. (some col.); 27 cm.

Summary

This report explores the educational performance and attitudes of males and females during childhood and adolescence. It opens with a general summary of gender differences measured outside of the PISA assessment programme and then considers the knowledge gained about gender-related issues from PISA 2000, PISA 2003 and PISA 2006 when reading, mathematics and science respectively were the major domains of assessment. Among the key findings: in reading in PISA 2000, females significantly outscored males in all countries; in mathematics in PISA 2003, males outscored females somewhat; in the combined science scale in PISA 2006, there was no overall significant difference observed between males and females. However, when examining the various science competencies, knowledge components and attitudes to science, there were some marked differences.

Uniform Title

PISA

Subject

• Programme for International Student Assessment
• Sex differences in education
• Academic achievement

Note

• "Programme for International Student Assessment"

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword, Table of Contents, Reader's Guide -- Gender matters? -- What does the literature say about gender differences from early childhood to the labour market? -- What did pisa 2000 tell us about gender differences in reading? -- Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B.

ISBN

• 9789264063945
• 9264063943

OCLC

• 441208825
• SCSB-11614335

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library