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University Students' Achievement in Mathematics: The Role of Student's Gender, Instructor's Gender, Educational Level, and Experience
Date
2015Author
Zogheib, Salah
Zogheib, Bashar
Elsaheli, Ali
Type
Journal Article
Peer-Reviewed
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Educational research that investigated the influence of gender on
university students’ mathematics achievement has focused mainly on student
gender. The role played by instructors in determining such achievement has
always been underestimated. This study is a unique attempt to understand the
influence of student gender and factors related to instructors on students’
performance in mathematics. Specifically, this study examines the
relationship between student gender, program of study, instructor gender,
educational level and teaching experience, the interaction of student gender
and instructor gender, and students’ achievement in Calculus I classes.
Student gender was the most significant predictor of students’ performance.
Although male students outnumbered their female students in mathematic
classes, female students outperformed their male colleagues. Instructors’
teaching experience and educational level were also significant predictors of
students’ performance. Significant correlations were also noticed between
instructor gender and students’ performance.