Gender gap in maths test scores in South Korea and Hong Kong: Role of family background and single-sex schooling

Doo Hwan Kim; Helen Law

International Journal of Educational Development Vol. 32, No. 1 pp. 92–103

In many industrialised societies, women remain underrepresented in the sciences, which can be predicted by the gender gap in math achievement at school. Using PISA 2006 data, we explore the role of family background and single-sex schooling in girls’...

Language: English

The Practice Set: A New Spin on an Old Idea

Helen M. Savage; David B. Law

Journal of Education for Business Vol. 79, No. 2 (2003) pp. 75–78

In this article, the authors describe their experience in extending a manual practice set to accounting software. The "Systems Understanding Aid" by Arens and Ward (2001) has been used for some time in the authors' Accounting Information Systems...