A comparative study of the reading achievement of fourth grade boys and girls

Abstract

This study aimed to find out in what particular reading skills boys are better than girls, or vice versa; in what particular reading skill each sex is weakest; and what skill each sex has acquired mastery. The purpose of this investigation, in short, was to find out the comparative abilities and achievements of boys and girls.

To accomplish the research, the investigator made the study of the boys’ and girls’ ratings in English for four school years from 1961-1964. The means, the standard deviations, the standard error of the means, and certain t-ratios were computed. The results served as a basis for comparing boys and girls in achievement English.