Effects of Gender and Ethnicity on Fourth Graders' Knowledge States in Mathematics

Autor/inn/en	Birenbaum, M.; Nasser, F.; Tatsuoka, C.
Titel	Effects of Gender and Ethnicity on Fourth Graders' Knowledge States in Mathematics
Quelle	In: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 38 (2007) 3, S.301-319 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-739X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Grade 4; Mathematics Tests; Educational Resources; Cultural Differences; Jews; Gender Differences; Ethnicity; Arabs; Mathematics Achievement; Thinking Skills; Comparative Analysis; Test Items; Item Analysis; Statistical Analysis; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Bildungsmittel; Kultureller Unterschied; Jew; Jude; Jüdin; Juden; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ethnizität; Arab; Araber; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Denkfähigkeit; Test content; Testaufgabe; Itemanalyse; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	This study sheds light on the achievement gap between two culturally diverse populations in Israel by employing a diagnostic model for analysing responses of a representative sample of Jewish and Arab fourth graders on a national mathematics test. The results indicated large significant differences, in favour of the Jewish group, on most attributes underlying the test, and relatively small significant gender effects only in the Jewish group, where boys outscored girls on higher-order thinking attributes. These results were discussed in light of cultural differences between the two populations, educational resources, and prevalent instruction-learning-assessment cultures in their respective schools. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10