Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ545315
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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Differential Achievement of Girls and Boys at GCSE: Some Observations from the Perspective of One School.
Younger, Mike; Warrington, Molly
British Journal of Sociology of Education, v17 n3 p299-313 Sep 1996
Attempts to analyze, through questionnaires and interviews with students, parents, and teachers, some of the factors contributing to differences between male and female student scoring on the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE). The GCSE is a British comprehensive, national core curriculum examination. Discusses the reasons why females consistently score higher. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Educational Experience, Females, Foreign Countries, Males, School Culture, Secondary Education, Sex Differences, Social Influences, Student Attitudes, Student Characteristics, Student Improvement, Study Skills, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Expectations of Students, Underachievement
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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