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Publication Date: 2017
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Gender and VCE Mathematics Subject Enrolments 2001-2015 in Co-Educational and Single-Sex Schools
Forgasz, Helen; Leder, Gilah
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) (40th, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2017)
Declining enrolments in advanced level mathematics at the school level are noted with concern. Whether school type (single-sex school or co-education) affects participation in mathematics continues to be debated. In this article we examine, by school type and gender, statistical data from 2001 to 2015 on Victorian Certificate of Education enrolments in the three mathematics subjects offered at that level. Also explored are the choice of, and reasons for, the school setting assumed to promote STEM studies for girls and boys.
Descriptors: Coeducation, Single Sex Schools, Secondary School Mathematics, Enrollment, Advanced Courses, Gender Differences, STEM Education, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Course Selection (Students)
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
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