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The Higher Education of Women in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: relationship of gender and academic performance in High School to the selection of college major among undergraduate students

Alhujaylan, Hujaylan Abdullah
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1399523302

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2014, Master of Arts in Education, University of Akron, Educational Foundations-Social/Philosophical Foundations of Education.
This study was conducted at a public university located in the geographical center of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The study included two research questions designed to explore the relationship between gender, high school performance and college major selection among students in the KSA. The first research question examined the relationship between student gender and choice of college major among college students in the KSA. The second research question examined the relationship between high school performance and college major based on student gender. This study had three major findings. It found a significant relationship between student gender and choice of college major. It also found a major achievement gap in the measurement of student high school performance. The gap existed between the two standardized measures, GAT and SAAT, and the non-standardized measure, high school GPA. Finally, results of the study showed that the difference in high school academic performance of students in each of the four-college majors mathematics, chemistry, physics, and natural sciences was significantly related to the students’ gender. This finding was true only for two of the three measures of the high school academic performance: high school GPA and SAAT. The findings of this study suggest that high school students, particularly female students, should be offered free educational courses and seminars specifically designed to enhance the students’ knowledge and teach students how to achieve well on the GAT and SAAT. The results also suggest that high school students should be informed of the importance and power of high school performance. Educators, researchers and policy makers should know that high school performance is strongly tied to both the selection of college major and college performance.
Suzanne MacDonald, Dr (Advisor)
Xin Liang, Dr. (Committee Member)
Huey-li Li, Dr. (Committee Member)
76 p.
Higher Education
Higher Education of Women in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; college major, gender, KSA; academic performance in High School; undergraduate students; standardized exams; high school GPA

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  • Alhujaylan, H. A. (2014). The Higher Education of Women in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: relationship of gender and academic performance in High School to the selection of college major among undergraduate students [Master's thesis, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1399523302

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Alhujaylan, Hujaylan. The Higher Education of Women in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: relationship of gender and academic performance in High School to the selection of college major among undergraduate students. 2014. University of Akron, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1399523302.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Alhujaylan, Hujaylan. "The Higher Education of Women in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: relationship of gender and academic performance in High School to the selection of college major among undergraduate students." Master's thesis, University of Akron, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1399523302

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