1. Gender differences of academic performance in compulsory education in rural Southwestern China.
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Gong, Xin, Ding, Yanqing, and Tsang, Mun C.
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GENDER differences in education , *ACADEMIC achievement , *COMPULSORY education , *RURAL education , *MATHEMATICS education , *CHINESE language education , *SCHOOL children , *TEENAGERS , *ELEMENTARY education , *SECONDARY education - Abstract
Based on data from the Southwest Basic Education Project, this paper provides an empirical estimation of gender gaps in Chinese and math among primary and lower-secondary school students in poor counties of Southwestern China. Major findings from 2-level HLM analysis by grade (3, 5, 7, and 9) include: (1) small positive gaps favoring girls in Chinese and negative gaps in math were found for all grades. (2) Gaps were larger in higher grades, girls’ advantage in Chinese experienced a small increase over the 2006–2010 period, and gaps varied by province. (3) Being a minority and having a low SES interplayed with gender in some circumstances. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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