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Muyaka, Jafred; Omuse, David Emoit; Malenya, Francis Likoye – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2023
There has been a growing concern in Kenya that boys have gradually been left out of the gender equation with little research capturing their schooling experiences. When examined, boys' underachievement is treated with suspicion that has led to few studies demonstrating their marginalisation. This paper explored the manifestations of boys'…
Descriptors: Males, Gender Differences, Educational Experience, Underachievement
Meier, Markus D.; Diefenbach, Heike – Gender and Education, 2020
The OECD's Programme of International Student Assessment known as PISA, including the Gender Report published in 2015, is a well-received project and its findings keep being transferred into educational policy development. Its quantitative methodology and the sheer volume of data gathered from around 5,100,000 students from 65 countries seem to…
Descriptors: Criticism, Gender Differences, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries
Fives, Allyn – Reading Psychology, 2016
The current article examines what factors explained the success of a reading program delivered by older adult volunteers to at-risk early readers. The article also examines the direction of the relationship over time (both direct and mediated) between reading achievement, frequency of reading at home, and academic self-beliefs. Two hundred and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Programs, Program Effectiveness, Early Reading
Herrmann, Sarah D.; Adelman, Robert Mark; Bodford, Jessica E.; Graudejus, Oliver; Okun, Morris A.; Kwan, Virginia S. Y. – Grantee Submission, 2016
Women are more likely to leave science, technology, engineering, and mathematics compared to men, in part because they lack similar role models such as peers, teaching assistants, and instructors. We examined the effect of a brief, scalable online intervention that consisted of a letter from a female role model who normalized concerns about…
Descriptors: Females, Role Models, STEM Education, Gender Differences
Muñiz, Deborah L. – Houston Independent School District, 2014
Houston Real Men Read is chaired by Texas Senator Rodney Ellis and spearheaded by the Houston Independent School District (HISD) Board Trustee Paula M. Harris. Houston Real Men Read is a mentoring program in which men from the Houston community committed one hour, once a month, to read to second, fifth, and seventh-grade students. The program…
Descriptors: Mentors, Males, School Community Programs, Grade 2
Costello, Bill – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2008
According to the 2004 National Assessment of Educational Progress, males who have made it through 12 years of school have significantly poorer reading skills than their female peers. In every age group, boys have been scoring lower than girls annually for more than three decades on U.S. Department of Education reading tests. The longer boys are in…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Age Differences, Reading Tests, National Competency Tests
Humrich, Eve – 1988
This project consisted of an analysis of United States' data collected during the Second IEA Science Study (SISS). It focused on the differences in achievement scores between female and male participants at Grades 5, 9, 10, 11, and 12. A manipulative process test, as well as the written achievement test, was administered to students in grades 5…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advanced Students, Biology, Chemistry
Carmola, Inge Jacobs – 1995
How students are affected by a mentoring relationship and to what degree were studied over 3 years in the evaluation of a mentoring program that aims to improve student motivation, achievement, and behavior. In addition to a survey of 85 mentors and 89 teachers, the study examined some objective measures of student achievement for 40 elementary…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Child Development, Elementary Education