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ERIC ED270325: Differences in Mathematical Achievement Levels and in Attitudes for Girls and Boys in Twenty Countries.

An assessment of sex-related differences in mathematics achievement and related attitude variables of 13-year-old students from 20 different countries is presented in this study. The analyses of student achievement were based on pretest and posttest data from seven of the participating countries and a single-test condition from the remaining l3 countries. Data were obtained from items which addressed the areas of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, measurement, and statistics. An extensive questionnaire, which also contained five subscales, was used to measure student attitudes toward mathematics. …