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ERIC Number: EJ586428
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0020-8566
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: Norway