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Ajello, Anna Maria; Caponera, Elisa; Palmerio, Laura – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2018
In Italy, from the 2003 reports to the present, the National Institute for the Educational Evaluation of Instruction and Training (INVALSI) has conducted research on Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results in order to understand Italian students' low achievement in mathematics. In the present paper, data from a representative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
Jones, Susan; Myhill, Debra – Canadian Journal of Education, 2007
Set in the context of international concerns about boys' achievements in writing, this article presents research that explores gender differences or similarities in linguistic competence in writing. Drawing on the results of a large-scale analysis of the linguistic characteristics of secondary-aged writers, we outline gender difference in the…
Descriptors: Linguistic Competence, Gender Differences, Writing (Composition), Males