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Explanations for girls' improvement in achievement.

Question 1 of 11

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Which of these isn't an external factor of the improvement in girls achievement?

Select one of the following:

  • The impact of feminism

  • Changes in law

  • Changes in the family

  • Girls changing ambitions and perceptions

Explanation

Question 2 of 11

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The impact of feminism:
Since 1960's feminism challenged traditional stereotypes of a women's role as a Mother and a Housewife in a patriarchal family.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 3 of 11

1

Changes in the family:
What are THREE of the major changes to the family in the last 30 years?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Increase in divorce rate

  • Increase in Cohabitation

  • Increase in lone-parent families

  • Racism

  • Laws

Explanation

Question 4 of 11

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Changes in women's employment:
There have been some important changes to women's jobs in the recent years.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 5 of 11

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Girl's changing ambition:
Sue Sharpe compered results of interviews she carried out with girls in TWO different periods, what were they?

Select one or more of the following:

  • 1970's

  • 1990's

  • 1980's

  • 2000's

  • 1975

Explanation

Question 6 of 11

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Internal factors include which 6 out of the following?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Equal opportunities policies

  • Positive role models in schools

  • GCSE & coursework

  • Teacher attention

  • Challenging stereotypes in the curriculum

  • Selection and league tables

  • Racism

  • Girl's changing ambitions and perceptions

Explanation

Question 7 of 11

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Equal opportunities policies:
The belief that boys and girls should have the same opportunities in school are now part of mainstream thinking

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 8 of 11

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Positive role models in school:
In recent years the proportion of female teachers and female head-teachers has decreased

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 9 of 11

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GCSE & Coursework:
What did Mitsos and Browne argue?

Select one or more of the following:

  • That girls are more successful in coursework because they are organised.

  • That boys are most likely to succeed, they have more help to achieve.

Explanation

Question 10 of 11

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Teacher attention:
Research suggests that teachers respond more positively to boys than girls

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 11 of 11

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Teacher attention:
Why do teachers respond to girls better than boys?

Select one or more of the following:

  • More co-operative

  • More organised

  • More polite

  • More smarter

Explanation

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