Among freshmen, women were much more likely than men to report frequently taking notes in class in high school, a UCLA survey found last fall. Women also appeared to be more engaged academically by several other (but not all) measures.
|
Frequent academic activities in the past year: |
Men |
Women |
|---|---|---|
|
Note: The figures came from a survey of 240,580 first-year students entering 340 four-year colleges and universities in the fall of 2008. The figures were statistically adjusted to represent the total population of about 1.4 million first-time, full-time students at four-year institutions. The differences shown between men and women were statistically significant. |
||
|
Source: U. of California at Los Angeles Higher Education Research Institute |
||
|
Took notes in class |
51% |
78% |
|
Asked questions in class |
50% |
57% |
|
Sought feedback on academic work |
41% |
53% |
|
Revised papers to improve writing |
37% |
55% |
|
Explored topics on my own, even if not required for a class |
35% |
29% |
Comments
1. tridaddy - September 09, 2009 at 08:50 am
Interesting, but it would be interesting to first determine learning style and then apply the activities based on grouping by learning style. Once grouped by learning style - activity, determine the percent male female per group. How eould the results change?
2. monroec - October 10, 2009 at 06:12 am
this finding is consistent with this year's HERI data at our campus - we find a lot of the men report high levels of academic confidence but then also report lower levels of engagement in academic behaviors...and ironically, it is the women who retain, perform with higher gpas and graduate in time at a higher percent than males....