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GENDER PATTERN IN PARTICIPATION AND PERFORMANCE AT MATHEMATICS OLYMPIADS

Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal

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Title GENDER PATTERN IN PARTICIPATION AND PERFORMANCE AT MATHEMATICS OLYMPIADS
 
Creator Meremikwu, Anne N.
Ekwueme, Cecilia O
Enukoha, Obinna I.
 
Subject EDUCATION
Gender, Mathematics, Olympiad, Inequity, students
science
 
Description Rating of schools, regions and countries in mathematics performance is often based on olympiad results. International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO)  was male-dominated with < 10% contestants being females from 1959 to 2012. Study analyzed math olympiad results for  6769 female (47.1%) and 7595 male (52.9%) Nigerian students. More males  (3137/7595; 41.3%) than females (2677/6769; 39.5%) had scores above average total scores  (Mantel-Haenszel =4.578, OR 0.92 (95% CI: 0.86 to 0.99; p < 0.001). Scores in objective question were better for males then females (Kruskal-Wallis =16.80; p<0.0001). Females had higher scores in theory question (KW- H test=14.96, p<0.001). Gender differences in participation and performance was marginal in the Nigerian contest. Implications of findings for gender inequity in mathematics olympiads is discussed. Key words: Gender, Mathematics, Olympiad, Inequity, students
 
Publisher Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal
 
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Date 2014-12-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.scholarpublishing.org/index.php/ASSRJ/article/view/620
10.14738/assrj.18.620
 
Source Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal; Vol 1, No 8 (2014): Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal; 1-5
10.14738/assrj.18.2014
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.scholarpublishing.org/index.php/ASSRJ/article/view/620/345