De voorsprong van meisjes aan het begin van de schoolloopbaan in het voortgezet onderwijs

Samenvatting

In the Netherlands of the 1950s, male secondary school students displayed higher levels of academic achievement, but a review of more recent research shows that girls currently outperform boys in early high school, & then lose this position. To explore this pattern, questionnaire data were obtained in 1991 from 1,500 students ages 12-17, examining variables of sex, social environment, counseling in elementary school, first choice of school following elementary school, & type of school most recently attended. Correlation analysis shows that, for certain subgroups, a sex effect can always be found in favor of girls. This tendency is stronger in Ss' most recently attended institution than in previous schools. A larger more representative study is recommended. 3 Tables, 1 Graph, 35 References. Adapted from the source document.