Abstract

This study investigated the participation and performance ofcountry and metropolitan students in mathematics subjects taken to complete the Victorian Certificate ofEducation (VCE), the secondary education qualification through the state of Victoria, Australia. The direction of gender differences varied with the particular assessment administered. Further, there was a significant regional effect where country students-particularly males-tended to perform less well than their metropolitan counterparts.

How to Cite:

Cox, P., (2000) “Regional and Gender Differences in Mathematics Achievement”, Journal of Research in Rural Education 16(1), 22–29.

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