Gender differences and similarities in PISA 2003 Mathematics: A comparison between the United States and Hong Kong

Gender differences and similarities in PISA 2003 Mathematics: A comparison between the United States and Hong Kong

• Liu, Ou Lydia Educational Testing Service, Princeton
• Wilson, Mark University of California, Berkeley

International Journal of Testing, 9(1), 20-40, 2009

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

2009

• P Social Context of Education
  • PB Comparative Education
• A Human Growth & Development
  • AJ Sexual Difference, Bisexual Educational Difference, Sexism in Education
• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GC Mathematics & Statistics

Sex Differences in Education Mathematics -- Study & Teaching Students, Foreign Gender Differences Mathematics PISA

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Secondary Education

Differential gender performance in standardized mathematics assessment has long been a heated topic. Gender gaps of varied magnitude have been identified on large-scale assessments in the United States. To continue the investigation, this study examined male and female performance on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2003 mathematics along four in-depth dimensions (strand, content topics, competency cluster, and item format). Furthermore, to identify the shared and unique patterns of gender differences, students from Hong Kong were brought into the comparison. Males in both counties demonstrated superior performance, particularly on complex multiple choice items. Females scored higher on probability, algebra, and reproduction items. Hong Kong students showed a larger gender gap than U.S. students. However, the within-country gender differences were considered small compared with the significant between-country performance differences. (Some PISA participants are not countries, but education systems representative of countries (e.g., Hong Kong). However, for purpose of simplicity, instead of using "countries/systems" every time, the generic term "countries" was used to refer to countries or systems.) Hong Kong students predominantly outperformed U.S. students, including items that measure complex mathematical reasoning, an area well documented to favor U.S. students.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 15305058

• 10.1080/15305050902733547

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2010-11-24