Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Keller, Dana
• Crouse, James
• Trusheim, Dale

Titel

Relationships Among Gender Differences in Freshman Course Grades and Course Characteristics

Ist Teil von

• Journal of educational psychology, 1993-12, Vol.85 (4), p.702-709

Ort / Verlag

Washington, DC: American Psychological Association

Erscheinungsjahr

1993

Quelle

PsycArticles (EBSCO)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This article examines relationships among gender differences in freshman college course grades and characteristics of the courses. Gender differences in course grades are not adequately explained by gender differences in previous scholastic achievement. In addition, courses in which gender differences favor women tend to be those in which high school grades and Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores are less important for earning higher course grades. These courses also award higher-than-average grades to freshmen with average high school grades and SAT scores and enroll a higher percentage of female freshmen.