Underprediction of Female Performance from Standardized Knowledge Tests: A Further Example from the Knowledge of Geography Test

Investigated whether underprediction of female college students' performance on standardized knowledge tests would occur in tests tapping four subfields of geography. Students completed the Knowledge of Geography (KOG) test. Test scores, exam grades, and ACT scores highlighted gender difference...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Sex roles 1999-10, Vol.41 (7), p.529-540
Hauptverfasser:	Nelson, Burton D, Aron, Robert H, Poole, Debra A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Academic Achievement Answer Sheets Biological and medical sciences College Students Educational Discrimination Educational psychology Educational Testing Females Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gender aspects Gender Differences Geography Grades (Scholastic) Higher Education Knowledge Knowledge Level Midwestern States Prediction Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Pupil and student. Academic achievement and failure Scores Sex Bias Sex Differences Social psychology Social role. Sex role Standardized Tests Students Tests Universities USA
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Zusammenfassung:	Investigated whether underprediction of female college students' performance on standardized knowledge tests would occur in tests tapping four subfields of geography. Students completed the Knowledge of Geography (KOG) test. Test scores, exam grades, and ACT scores highlighted gender differences favoring males throughout the KOG. Test scores correlated with grades. Both sexes achieved comparable course grades, despite females' lower KOG performance. (SM)
ISSN:	0360-0025 1573-2762
DOI:	10.1023/A:1018891220536