English literacy among Malaysian first graders: boys' achievement relative to girls

English literacy among Malaysian first graders: boys' achievement relative to girls

In the past few decades, data from numerous countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Malaysia show that many boys are not performing well on a range of educational achievement measures such as literacy, and that the gap between boys' and girls'...

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Main Authors: Mohd Asraf, Ratnawati, Abdullah, Hazlina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asian E F L Journal Press 2016
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L Education (General)
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spelling iium-533932017-01-03T06:30:17Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/53393/ English literacy among Malaysian first graders: boys' achievement relative to girls Mohd Asraf, Ratnawati Abdullah, Hazlina L Education (General) In the past few decades, data from numerous countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Malaysia show that many boys are not performing well on a range of educational achievement measures such as literacy, and that the gap between boys' and girls' performance has increased over time. This paper discusses the results of a study that sought to determine the English literacy performance of Malaysian first graders in English. Using one of the states in the country as a case study, English literacy performance data on approximately 85,000 students from grade 1 were obtained. Teachers’ views were also sought through focus group interviews and journal entries. The results show that girls outperformed boys on all English literacy constructs. Asian E F L Journal Press 2016-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/53393/1/english%20literacy%20complete_7.12.16.pdf Mohd Asraf, Ratnawati and Abdullah, Hazlina (2016) English literacy among Malaysian first graders: boys' achievement relative to girls. Asian EFL Journal, 18 (2). pp. 252-262. ISSN 1738-1460 http://www.asian-efl-journal.com
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Mohd Asraf, Ratnawati
Abdullah, Hazlina
English literacy among Malaysian first graders: boys' achievement relative to girls
description In the past few decades, data from numerous countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Malaysia show that many boys are not performing well on a range of educational achievement measures such as literacy, and that the gap between boys' and girls' performance has increased over time. This paper discusses the results of a study that sought to determine the English literacy performance of Malaysian first graders in English. Using one of the states in the country as a case study, English literacy performance data on approximately 85,000 students from grade 1 were obtained. Teachers’ views were also sought through focus group interviews and journal entries. The results show that girls outperformed boys on all English literacy constructs.
format Article
author Mohd Asraf, Ratnawati
Abdullah, Hazlina
author_facet Mohd Asraf, Ratnawati
Abdullah, Hazlina
author_sort Mohd Asraf, Ratnawati
title English literacy among Malaysian first graders: boys' achievement relative to girls
title_short English literacy among Malaysian first graders: boys' achievement relative to girls
title_full English literacy among Malaysian first graders: boys' achievement relative to girls
title_fullStr English literacy among Malaysian first graders: boys' achievement relative to girls
title_full_unstemmed English literacy among Malaysian first graders: boys' achievement relative to girls
title_sort english literacy among malaysian first graders: boys' achievement relative to girls
publisher Asian E F L Journal Press
publishDate 2016
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/53393/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/53393/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/53393/1/english%20literacy%20complete_7.12.16.pdf
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