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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"female advantage"”.
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Formation of children's human capital in Kenya: The role of teachers, private schools and the family
… using household fixed effects model. We find no female advantage in terms of private school enrolment. However, there is a consistent female advantage in terms of completed years of education and relative grade progression. We find significant negative birth order effects on private school …
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New Therapeutic Strategies for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Treatment
… of ALS is higher in men than women, but the female advantage disappears with increased age. Here, we report evidence that the female advantage is due to the protective role of estrogen. In an ALS mouse model carrying the human Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (hSOD1) G93A transgene, ovariectomy did …
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The Effects of Age and Sex on Mental Rotation Performance, Verbal Performance, and Brain Electrical Activity
… is generally accepted there is an overall male advantage on spatial tasks and an overall female advantage on verbal tasks. These differences are inconsistent in children. The present study examined relations among age, sex, EEG hemispheric activation, and performance on spatial and verbal tasks. …
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The role of gender, aspirations, and family structure in Mexican education and migration
… fixed effect approach, I find an emergent female advantage patterned by specific state efforts at educational expansion. In contrast, the importance of educational background remains stable with only slight declines for transitions at the primary and lower-secondary level. In the second …
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An Intersectional Analysis of the Female Postsecondary Advantage: Gender, race, and College Selectivity
… that gender role theory partially explains why females who have completed high school have higher precollege achievement especially high school GPA. It finds that females are better classroom citizens and have more positive school values compared to males. They also have higher educational and …
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Population dynamics and reproductive ecology of the gynodioecious prairie species Lobelia spicata Lam. (Campanulaceae)
… relatively rare, and is characterized by having female and hermaphrodite plant morphs coexisting within populations. Although some data on the reproductive ecology of L. spicata has been gathered, the population and breeding system dynamics of this species remain unexplored. Consequently, a …
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Learning to Fail? Student Experiences in Remedial Mathematics in Community Colleges
… are not primary barriers to completion.</p> <p>Female students appeared to have a performance advantage in remedial mathematics. Despite a higher likelihood of being placed into remediation—and at lower levels than their male counterparts—female students had 30% higher odds of completing …
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School Context, Peers and the Educational Achievement of Girls and Boys
… attainment, which has changed from a male to a female advantage. At the same time, girls continue to lag behind in terms of science, engineering, and technology degrees. These persisting gender differences are not only relevant for gender equality but also for the supply of qualified labor-a …
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Lexical availability and motivation in CLIL: the effects of language of instruction and gender
… into gender and LA in Spain has largely shown a female advantage in younger learners and in early secondary school students. However, more research is needed to understand whether this advantage remains in later school years, and whether CLIL instruction plays a role. Female students have also …