Topic 4- Gender and Education- Achievement Sociologists 0.0 / 5 ? SociologyEducationASAQA Created by: jocastleCreated on: 14-05-16 16:47 273541 Across 1. Conducted longitudinal study on girls' ambitions; found in the 70s were love and household-based, and in the 90s were career-based (6) 2. Studied magazines for teen girls in 1970s and present-day- 70s magazines promoted marriage and finding husbands, but current ones depict independent women (9) 4. Found that boys dominate class discussion whereas girls prefer pair and group work. Girls take turns whereas boys interrupt (5) 5. Says marketisation viewing girls as 'ideal' and boys as lesser has created a self-fulfilling prophecy (7) Down 2. Argues girls are better at coursework thanks to pre-socialised organisation skills, therefore benefitting achievement (6, 6) 3. Found boys attracted more teacher attention, mostly in the form of reprimands (6, 6) 7. Noticed gender differences in achievement dropped sharply with introduction of GCSE qualification in 1989 (6)
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