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postgraduate thesis: Gender difference in school language performance of Hong Kong primary students
Title | Gender difference in school language performance of Hong Kong primary students |
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Issue Date | 2016 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Lam, K. [林鈞鴻]. (2016). Gender difference in school language performance of Hong Kong primary students. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. |
Abstract | Gender differences in school language performance, as well as their relationship with parents’ language-related socialization and students’ reading motivation, were explored in primary grades 1, 3, 5 students (217 female, 162 male) in Hong Kong. A Gender x Grade ANCOVA, controlling for age and nonverbal intelligence, on school marks (Global score, Chinese, English, Mathematics, General Studies, Music, Visual Arts) revealed significant main effects of gender (ps<.05) in Global score (d=.234), Chinese (d=.368), English (d=.335), Music (d=.322) and Visual Arts (d=.347). Mediation analyses indicated self-efficacy, but not other aspects of students’ reading motivation, mediated between gender and both Chinese and English scores, while exposure to literacy-related activities mediated between gender and Chinese score. Separate mediation analyses found that Chinese and English scores, more than other significant mediator subjects, drove the female advantage in Global score. Educators are encouraged to promote both boys’ and girls’ self-efficacy and exposure towards literacy-related activities so as to boost their school language performance, thus their overall achievement.
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Degree | Master of Social Sciences |
Subject | School children - China - Hong Kong - Language - Sex differences |
Dept/Program | Educational Psychology |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/252041 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Lam, Kwan-hung | - |
dc.contributor.author | 林鈞鴻 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-09T14:36:54Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-04-09T14:36:54Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Lam, K. [林鈞鴻]. (2016). Gender difference in school language performance of Hong Kong primary students. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/252041 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Gender differences in school language performance, as well as their relationship with parents’ language-related socialization and students’ reading motivation, were explored in primary grades 1, 3, 5 students (217 female, 162 male) in Hong Kong. A Gender x Grade ANCOVA, controlling for age and nonverbal intelligence, on school marks (Global score, Chinese, English, Mathematics, General Studies, Music, Visual Arts) revealed significant main effects of gender (ps<.05) in Global score (d=.234), Chinese (d=.368), English (d=.335), Music (d=.322) and Visual Arts (d=.347). Mediation analyses indicated self-efficacy, but not other aspects of students’ reading motivation, mediated between gender and both Chinese and English scores, while exposure to literacy-related activities mediated between gender and Chinese score. Separate mediation analyses found that Chinese and English scores, more than other significant mediator subjects, drove the female advantage in Global score. Educators are encouraged to promote both boys’ and girls’ self-efficacy and exposure towards literacy-related activities so as to boost their school language performance, thus their overall achievement. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | HKU Theses Online (HKUTO) | - |
dc.rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | School children - China - Hong Kong - Language - Sex differences | - |
dc.title | Gender difference in school language performance of Hong Kong primary students | - |
dc.type | PG_Thesis | - |
dc.description.thesisname | Master of Social Sciences | - |
dc.description.thesislevel | Master | - |
dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Educational Psychology | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5353/th_991043983785103414 | - |
dc.date.hkucongregation | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.mmsid | 991043983785103414 | - |