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ERIC Number: EJ289064
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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Sex Differences in Quantitative SAT Performance: New Evidence on the Differential Coursework Hypothesis.
Pallas, Aaron M.; Alexander, Karl L.
American Educational Research Journal, v20 n2 p165-82 Sum 1983
A test of the hypothesis that sex differences in quantitative Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) performance may be due to differences in the pattern of quantitative coursework taken in high school showed that the male-female gap in quantitative SAT performance shrinks considerably where coursework differences are controlled. (Author/LC)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Courses, Females, High Schools, Males, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Instruction, Scores, Sex Differences
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Scholastic Aptitude Test