REASONS FOR GIRLS IMPROVEMENTS IN ACHIEVEMENT SCLY2

Since what decade has girls achievement improved to a point where they now outperform boys?

In key stage 1-3, in what subjects is the gap between girls and boys achievement narrower?

Is the gap at a level wider or narrower at A-level compared to GCSE?

At GCSE, girls are around __ percentage points ahead of boys

More _____ go on to higher education

What are the 4 external factors linked to the improvement in girls achievement?

How do feminists have an impact on womens rights?

Feminists ideas are likely to have affected girl' self-image and aspirations. What does this mean as a result?

Who did a study of working-class girls in the 1970's and 1990's?

What did Sharpe find?

Who found that girls now had high career aspirations and so needed educational qualifications?

What have the 6 main changes in the family been since 1970?

What have these changes meant for women?

What has resulted in more employment opportunities for women?

What has womens employments risen to and from since the 50's?

Give 2 examples of laws which have given women more employment rights

The pay gap between men and women has almost halved since when?

What do changes like this result in in terms of girls achievement?

What are the 6 internal factors sociologists see as important in explaining girls improved performance?

How has feminism affected the education system?

Give some examples of policies which have aimed to give boys and girls equal opportunities

What do these policies result in?

Now that girls have more equal opportunities than the past they are able to...

What does the fact that there are more female teachers and head teachers than the past provide for girls?

What does the presence of many female teachers also do to the learning environment?

What does this do?

What does this mean as a result?

Who argues that girls do better than boys in coursework?

Why do they argue this?

Girls ______ earlier

Girls can ___________ for longer

Who found that girls achievement improved rapidly when GCSE's were introduced (1988) due coursework being a major part of most subjects?

What have past studies of textbooks and other learning materials found?

Since the 1980's what has happened to these sexist images?

How does this impact girls?

In who's earlier studies was it found that teacher spent more time interacting with boys than girls?

Which three recent studies have suggested that girls may benefit more than girls?

Who's study found that:
- Boys dominate class discussions
- Girls prefer groups work and and are better at listening and cooperating
- This favours teachers
- As a result teachers respond more positively to girls and give them more encouragement

Who's study found that teachers gave boys and girls equal academic attention, but boys more attention overall due to more punishments?

What did Francis find?

What types policies have lead to competition between school? Give an example

What does this mean schools try to do and in order to what?

Why are girls more attractive to schools?

How many times more likely are boys to be excluded compared to girls?

What do generalised ideas of boys misbehaviour and low-achievement mean?

How has selection affected girls achievement?