Biosocial Influences on Sex Differences for Ability and Achievement Test Results as Well as Marks at School.

Fischbein, Siv

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Biosocial Influences on Sex Differences for Ability and Achievement Test Results as Well as Marks at School.

Fischbein, Siv

Intelligence, v14 n1 p127-39 Jan-Mar 1990

A comparison was made of ability and achievement test results and school grades for 323 pairs of Swedish male and female twins and 740 controls in relation to social background. An interaction effect of sex and social background was found for verbal ability and mathematics test results. (SLD)

Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Comparative Testing, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Grades (Scholastic), Longitudinal Studies, Sex Differences, Social Background, Social Influences, Test Results, Twins

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