Gender and academic performance

OVER the course of history, males have been seen farther superior than females, this is the reason why more male leaders are put into office, they are paid higher than most women and their importance is more apparent to certain countries.

There were also several studies on academic performance difference between males and females. Some results show that females get better grades than males even in traditionally male content areas, such as math, but males score higher on ability tests in these subjects (Kimball 1989; Wentzel 1988 as cited by SparksWallace, 2007).

It was also further stated that females perform better in schools than males because studies have shown that females have a better memory in general than males. However, in the study conducted by Umar Goni, et. Al. (2015) they mentioned that males are more creative than females, and creativity is directly related to academic performance. It was also revealed in their study that there is no significant difference between gender and academic performances in favor of the female respondents.

Understanding factors that influences the academic performance of students will give us an overview of the social and economic development of the country since students’ performance plays an important role in producpananaliksik ing the best quality graduates that will become a functional member of the society as stated by Mushtaq and Khan (2012).

As an educator I have seen different attributes between boys and girls when dealing with certain educational activities. Females concentrate better and give emphasis in putting an effort on tasks whether in writing, creating arts or any other performances, while males rely more on their ability and sometimes giving up easily on tasks they believe is encompassed only within the fields of their understanding.

It is for this reason that educators must develop their motivational skills to encourage students of different gender to exert effort not only in the field that they are skilled at but to improve their overall performance both in academic and other proficiencies.