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SEX DIFFERENCES IN ATTITUDES AND ATTAINMENT IN JUNIOR SCHOOLS
Author(s) -
WISENTHAL MILES
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1965.tb01790.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , educational attainment , social psychology , political science , law
S ummary . An investigation was carried out among 1,164 boys and 1,085 girls in single‐sex and mixed schools. Significant differences in favour of the girls were found in I.Q. attainment, and in attitude to school. It was also noted that attitudes to school grow more unfavourable from first to fourth form. Where there is a very substantial deterioriation in attitude there is a marked lack of improvement in attainment relative to I.Q.