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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2006.26.4.492

Gender Differences in TIMSS 2003 Science Achievement  

Jeong, Eun-Young (Korea Institute of Curriculum and Evaluation)
Lee, Mee-Kyeong (Korea Institute of Curriculum and Evaluation)
Hong, Mi-Young (Korea Institute of Curriculum and Evaluation)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.26, no.4, 2006 , pp. 492-501 More about this Journal
Abstract
Gender differences in TIMSS 2003 science achievement by item type, benchmark, and content area were examined by producing a Gender Differences Index (GDI) in this study. International trends identified that male students performed better than female students in TIMSS 2003 science achievement in all types of items. The overall achievement of Korean male students was better than Korean female students, especially in multiple-choice type items. Male students outperformed females in three benchmarks, including advanced, high, and intermediate international benchmark, but they did not outperform females in the low international benchmark when gender differences of the international average as well as the Korean average were taken into account. The results of the analysis of the international average and the Korean average by content area showed that gender differences were the greatest in earth science and smallest in chemistry. In life science, female students excelled when considering the international average while male students excelled when considering the average of Korean students' performance. In addition, the number of items in which male students outperformed females was larger in both factual knowledge and the conceptual understanding domain. Implications for reducing gender differences in science achievement in Korea based on the results were provided.
Keywords
TIMSS 2003; gender differences; science achievement;
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