Gender Differences regarding Mathematics Achievement: The Case of Turkish Middle School Students

Autor/inn/en	Isiksal, Mine; Cakiroglu, Erdine
Titel	Gender Differences regarding Mathematics Achievement: The Case of Turkish Middle School Students
Quelle	In: School Science and Mathematics, 108 (2008) 3, S.113-120 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-6803
Schlagwörter	Economic Status; Mathematics Achievement; Effect Size; Gender Differences; Foreign Countries; Middle School Students; Secondary School Mathematics; Economic Factors; Correlation; Urban Areas; Socioeconomic Influences; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ausland; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Ökonomischer Faktor; Korrelation; Urban area; Stadtregion; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Türkei
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to explore gender differences in mathematics achievement as demonstrated by performance on the mathematics subsection of a nationwide high school entrance examination in Turkey. In this study, the cities in Turkey were separated into five groups according to their level of economic development. The analysis was based on 2647 students that were randomly selected from these five different groups of cities. Although results indicated a statistically significant difference in mathematics achievement in favor of cities with the highest economic status, the effect size was quite small, which indicates the difference was not practically significant. Results also showed the effect sizes for gender differences in mathematics achievement were very small in all groups of cities. It was concluded that socio-economic development of the regions was not a critical factor for gender differences in mathematics achievement. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10