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Method of Measurement and Gender Differences in Scholastic Achievement
Author(s) -
Bolger Niall,
Kellaghan Thomas
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of educational measurement
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.917
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-3984
pISSN - 0022-0655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-3984.1990.tb00740.x
Subject(s) - irish , mathematics education , psychology , achievement test , academic achievement , developmental psychology , mathematics , standardized test , linguistics , philosophy
Gender differences in scholastic achievement as a function of method of measurement were examined by comparing the performance of 15‐year‐old boys (N = 739) and girls (N = 758) in Irish schools on multiple‐choice tests and free‐response tests (requiring short written answers) of mathematics, Irish, and English achievement. Males performed significantly better than females on multiple‐choice tests compared to their performance on free‐response examinations. An expectation that the gender difference would be larger for the languages and smaller for mathematics because of the superior verbal skills attributed to females was not fulfilled.