Transcription of The gender gap in attainment - GOV.UK
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The gender gap in attainment A brief international comparative review February 2008 QCA/08/3565 QCA Research Faculty (David Pepper, Tom May, Kate Westmacott and Tom Leney). The gender gap in attainment 2008 Qualifications and Curriculum Authority 2 Contents Key Introduction .. 4 Section 1. What does the literature say?.. 5 Single-sex vs 5 Effective role models .. 5 Pedagogy/curriculum design .. 5 Assessment type .. 6 Socioeconomic it s not just gender .. 6 Section 2. What does the international data say? .. 7 attainment through performance (PISA) .. 7 attainment through progression (Education at a glance, European benchmarks).. 8 Section 3. What do the policy makers think? .. 10 gender 10 Underperformance of boys relative to girls .. 10 Countries .. 11 Summary of policy responses.
2003). However, single-sex classes seem to have almost the opposite effect on boys and their achievement. Boys, it seems, need the ‘moderating influence’ of girls as part of their learning environment (Warrington et al., 2003) and achieve more when …
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