Among top-performing math students, male students show strongly math-oriented math–reading achievement profiles whereas female students' profiles are more balanced¶

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Evidence · 1 study (3 entries) · quant-synthesis r2–r3 · q4
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Subclaims¶

q4 i? Male top performers' math–reading profile distributions overlap so little with females' that the mean nonoverlap is 44%, which the article classifies as a large effect. → Keller 2021 q4 i? Male top performers' math exceeds reading by 57.65 points on average versus 22.71 points for female top performers. → Keller 2021 (2) q4 i? 87% of male versus 66% of female top performers demonstrate a math tilt over reading. → Keller 2021 (3)

Evidence¶

Keller 2021¶

Keller, L., Preckel, F., Eccles, J. S., & Brunner, M. (2021). Top-Performing Math Students in 82 Countries: An Integrative Data Analysis of Gender Differences in Achievement, Achievement Profiles, and Achievement Motivation. Journal of Educational Psychology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/edu0000685

q4 · i? · quant-synthesis · r3

Meta-analytic synthesis of country-specific profile nonoverlap statistics from the PISA integrative data analysis. The math–reading distributions showed "a nonoverlap of 44%, representing a large effect" by the article's nonoverlap benchmarks; no standardized effect size was printed.

"Female and male students' math–reading profile distributions had, on average, a nonoverlap of 44%, representing a large effect (Table 5; see Figure 5B for the distribution of effect sizes)."

Keller 2021 (2)¶

Keller, L., Preckel, F., Eccles, J. S., & Brunner, M. (2021). Top-Performing Math Students in 82 Countries: An Integrative Data Analysis of Gender Differences in Achievement, Achievement Profiles, and Achievement Motivation. Journal of Educational Psychology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/edu0000685

q4 · i? · quant-synthesis · r3

Country-specific mean profile scores integrated meta-analytically. Male top performers' math exceeded reading "by, on average, 57.65 points"; the companion result reports female students' math exceeded reading by 22.71 points, a less pronounced difference.

"mathematically top-performing male students' math achievement clearly exceeded their reading achievement by, on average, 57.65 points (see Table 5)."

Keller 2021 (3)¶

Keller, L., Preckel, F., Eccles, J. S., & Brunner, M. (2021). Top-Performing Math Students in 82 Countries: An Integrative Data Analysis of Gender Differences in Achievement, Achievement Profiles, and Achievement Motivation. Journal of Educational Psychology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/edu0000685

q4 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

Meta-analytic synthesis of tilt percentages across countries. "87% demonstrated a math tiltM-R" among male top performers versus 66% of female top performers, both majorities but with a gender difference; no standardized effect size was printed.

"Of all male students, 87% scored higher in mathematics than in reading (i.e., 87% demonstrated a math tiltM-R), whereas 66% of all female students showed stronger achievement tilts in mathematics than in reading"

Discussion¶

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