TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of gender and ethnicity on fourth graders' knowledge states in mathematics
AU - Birenbaum, M.
AU - Nasser-Abu Alhija, F.
AU - Tatsuoka, C.
N1 - Funding Information:
The study reported in this paper was partially supported by a grant from the Israeli Ministry of Education. The ideas presented, the statements made, and the views expressed are solely the responsibility of the authors.
PY - 2007/1
Y1 - 2007/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1080/00207390601116052
DO - 10.1080/00207390601116052
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AN - SCOPUS:33947723448
SN - 0020-739X
VL - 38
SP - 301
EP - 319
JO - International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology
JF - International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology
IS - 3
ER -