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Rethinking Gender Differences in Literacy

Year: 1999

Type: article

Abstract: Gender equity initiatives in schools, curricula, and resources, especially reading materials, are intended to resolve equity problems that have withheld opportunity for female students. However, recent literacy assessments in Canada and other parts of the world reveal differential patterns in males' and females' achievement in reading and writing. Females outperform males in all areas of reading and writing at the elementary, middle, and secondary levels, and this literacy gap does not narrow or close with age. Males are disadvantaged in literacy by the time they complete high school. In this article we offer

Source: Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l éducation

DOI: 10.2307/1585767

Authors: Trevor J. Gambell, Darryl M. Hunter

Language: French

Topic: Reading and Literacy Development

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Quality education, Gender equality

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W36011191

FWCI: 7.589

Cites: 25

Cited by: 60

Related to: 10