Exploring the gender gap in achievement in Malaysia: a case for learning styles

a common problem shared by many institution of higher learning around the world today is the wide discrepancy in the enrollment of males and females.although the gender gap inpublic universities has been widely highlited in malaysia.it is believed this problem may be inextricably linked to gender di...

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Main Authors:	Dahlan, Nadia Ainuddin, Md. Noor, Nor Azian, Syed Mustafa, Sharifah Muzlia, Said Hashim, Khadijah, Zulkifli, Voviana
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Common Ground Publishing 2010
Subjects:	L Education (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/11002/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/11002/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/11002/1/exploring_the_gender_gap.pdf

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spelling	iium-110022012-02-22T02:25:55Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/11002/ Exploring the gender gap in achievement in Malaysia: a case for learning styles Dahlan, Nadia Ainuddin Md. Noor, Nor Azian Syed Mustafa, Sharifah Muzlia Said Hashim, Khadijah Zulkifli, Voviana L Education (General) a common problem shared by many institution of higher learning around the world today is the wide discrepancy in the enrollment of males and females.although the gender gap inpublic universities has been widely highlited in malaysia.it is believed this problem may be inextricably linked to gender differences in achievement at the school level.it has been suggested that accommodating gender differences in learning styles in school could help bridge the gender gap.therefore,this study attempted to identify the extent of the gender gap by comparing the self-reported results of a national standardized test,the lower secondary examination or penilaian menengah rendah(PMR) of 411 form four students from four secondary schools in kuala lumpur.respiondents also completed the felder and soloman (1991) index of learning styles(ILS)which determined their learning styles on four subscales:active-reflective, sensing-intuitive, visual-verbal and sequential-global.the study found a significant gender difference in achievement but not for learning styles.the majority of respondent were active,visual and sequential-global.the study found a significant gender difference in achievement but not for learning styles.the majority of respondents were active,visual and sequential.however,a binary logistic regression model found gender,sensing and visual learning styles to be significant predictors of achievement.therefore,accommodating these learning styles in particular,may promote the academic achievement of students.future teachers should consequently be equipped with practical knowledge of learning styles in the hope of increasing achievement across genders,thus narrowing the gender gap in schools and lead to more gender-balanced university classrooms capable of nurturing quality human capital amongst both women and men. Common Ground Publishing 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/11002/1/exploring_the_gender_gap.pdf Dahlan, Nadia Ainuddin and Md. Noor, Nor Azian and Syed Mustafa, Sharifah Muzlia and Said Hashim, Khadijah and Zulkifli, Voviana (2010) Exploring the gender gap in achievement in Malaysia: a case for learning styles. International Journal of Learning, 17 (4). pp. 15-28. ISSN 1447-9494 http://ijl.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.30/prod.2740
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spellingShingle	L Education (General) Dahlan, Nadia Ainuddin Md. Noor, Nor Azian Syed Mustafa, Sharifah Muzlia Said Hashim, Khadijah Zulkifli, Voviana Exploring the gender gap in achievement in Malaysia: a case for learning styles
description	a common problem shared by many institution of higher learning around the world today is the wide discrepancy in the enrollment of males and females.although the gender gap inpublic universities has been widely highlited in malaysia.it is believed this problem may be inextricably linked to gender differences in achievement at the school level.it has been suggested that accommodating gender differences in learning styles in school could help bridge the gender gap.therefore,this study attempted to identify the extent of the gender gap by comparing the self-reported results of a national standardized test,the lower secondary examination or penilaian menengah rendah(PMR) of 411 form four students from four secondary schools in kuala lumpur.respiondents also completed the felder and soloman (1991) index of learning styles(ILS)which determined their learning styles on four subscales:active-reflective, sensing-intuitive, visual-verbal and sequential-global.the study found a significant gender difference in achievement but not for learning styles.the majority of respondent were active,visual and sequential-global.the study found a significant gender difference in achievement but not for learning styles.the majority of respondents were active,visual and sequential.however,a binary logistic regression model found gender,sensing and visual learning styles to be significant predictors of achievement.therefore,accommodating these learning styles in particular,may promote the academic achievement of students.future teachers should consequently be equipped with practical knowledge of learning styles in the hope of increasing achievement across genders,thus narrowing the gender gap in schools and lead to more gender-balanced university classrooms capable of nurturing quality human capital amongst both women and men.
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author	Dahlan, Nadia Ainuddin Md. Noor, Nor Azian Syed Mustafa, Sharifah Muzlia Said Hashim, Khadijah Zulkifli, Voviana
author_facet	Dahlan, Nadia Ainuddin Md. Noor, Nor Azian Syed Mustafa, Sharifah Muzlia Said Hashim, Khadijah Zulkifli, Voviana
author_sort	Dahlan, Nadia Ainuddin
title	Exploring the gender gap in achievement in Malaysia: a case for learning styles
title_short	Exploring the gender gap in achievement in Malaysia: a case for learning styles
title_full	Exploring the gender gap in achievement in Malaysia: a case for learning styles
title_fullStr	Exploring the gender gap in achievement in Malaysia: a case for learning styles
title_full_unstemmed	Exploring the gender gap in achievement in Malaysia: a case for learning styles
title_sort	exploring the gender gap in achievement in malaysia: a case for learning styles
publisher	Common Ground Publishing
publishDate	2010
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/11002/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/11002/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/11002/1/exploring_the_gender_gap.pdf
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