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http://dx.doi.org/10.7468/jksmec.2012.15.3.177

Study on Difference in Elementary School Students' Mathematics Academic Achievement by Gender and Residential Area  

Lee, Soon Joo (College of Humanities and Sciences Division of Liberal Arts, Hanbat National University)
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Education of Primary School Mathematics / v.15, no.3, 2012 , pp. 177-187 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analysis the gender differences in the academic achievement and the difference of academic achievement by the residential area in elementary school. Common phenomenon was observed in the result of the differences between male and female students' academic achievement and the ratio of achievement level. Female students' score was higher in 3rd grade elementary school but in 4th and 5the grade this phenomenon was gradually weakened. The following are the results of analysis of elementary school students' mathematics academic achievement in three areas(big city, small city and rural area). In the result was proved that the problem of the gap between the urban and rural areas has continued in the 21st century.
Keywords
academic achievement; achievement gap; gender differences; residential area; urban and rural; achievement level;
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