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The impact of gender on the academic achievement of students of foreign languages at the University of Jordan
Other Title(s)
أثر النوع الاجتماعي على التحصيل الدراسي لطلاب اللغات الأجنبية في الجامعة الأردنية
Author
Source
Dirasat : Human and Social Sciences
Issue
Vol. 47, Issue 4 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.353-365, 13 p.
Publisher
University of Jordan Deanship of Academic Research (DAR)
Publication Date
2020-12-31
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Educational Sciences
Sociology and Anthropology and Social Work
Abstract EN
Arabic is the official language in Jordan, and English is the dominant foreign language.
the faculty of foreign languages at the university of Jordan offers several European and Asian languages.
in previous research which examined the relationship between socio-economic factors and the academic achievement of foreign language students at the university of Jordan, gender was the most significant factor that predicted academic achievement.
these results showed the statistically significant difference between the cumulative GPA of male and female students benefiting the females.
this paper aims at establishing the effects of other variables which could influence the achievement of female and male students.
quantitative data, drawn from a questionnaire completed by the entire cohort of registered students at the bachelor’s level in the faculty of foreign languages, has been used.
the findings reveal that parental education was significant in explaining the gender differences in the students’ GPA achievements.
the education of both parents was found to be a more significant impacting variable for female students as compared to male students.
it was also found that there was no significant difference between the impact of the family income variable between males and females, and no significant difference of this same variable between females at all levels of academic achievements.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Umaysh, Nahid S.. 2020. The impact of gender on the academic achievement of students of foreign languages at the University of Jordan. Dirasat : Human and Social Sciences،Vol. 47, no. 4, pp.353-365.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1300589
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Umaysh, Nahid S.. The impact of gender on the academic achievement of students of foreign languages at the University of Jordan. Dirasat : Human and Social Sciences Vol. 47, no. 4 (Dec. 2020), pp.353-365.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1300589
American Medical Association (AMA)
Umaysh, Nahid S.. The impact of gender on the academic achievement of students of foreign languages at the University of Jordan. Dirasat : Human and Social Sciences. 2020. Vol. 47, no. 4, pp.353-365.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1300589
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Record ID
BIM-1300589