Date Approved
7-3-1997
Embargo Period
8-29-2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.S. in Teaching
Department
Interdisciplinary and Inclusive Education
College
College of Education
Advisor
Robinson, Randall S.
Subject(s)
Academic achievement; Birth order; Sex differences in education; Third grade (Education)
Disciplines
Elementary Education and Teaching
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine that there was no significant correlation between the effect of gender and birth order on reading and mathematics achievement among third grade students.
The sample in this study consisted of students in a third grade class, in a public elementary school in a suburban school district in southern New Jersey. The sample was comprised of forty randomly selected students from two third grade classes in the school. Twenty students were female, and twenty students were male.
Interim report cards were used as the instrument to determine achievement in reading and mathematics. The determination of birth order ranking was obtained by asking the students where they fit in order of their siblings.
A chi square table was used to analyze the data and determine if there was a significant relationship between gender, birth order and achievement in reading and mathematics.
The results of this study indicated that there was no correlation between the effect of gender and birth order on reading and mathematics achievement among third grade students. Therefore, the null hypothesis cannot be rejected.
Recommended Citation
Rosenberg-Asch, Laurie D., "The effect of gender and birth order on reading and mathematics achievement among third grade students" (1997). Theses and Dissertations. 2107.
https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/2107
