بررسي علل پيشرفت تحصيلي دختران در مقايسه با پسران در استانهاي خراسان رضوي، شمالي و جنوبي

An Investigation on Causes of Academic Achievement in Girls Versus Boys in Khorasanʹs Provinces (Northren, Southren and Razavi)

The purpose of this research was to find the causes of academic achievement in girls versus boys. The research design was EX-Post Facto method. The statistic community of the research includes all students of guidance and secondary schools of three provinces (Southern, Northern and Razavi Khorasan) consisting of totally 753464 students (385612 males and 367852 females). The sample volume determined 858students (432 males and 421 females) according to Krejcie and Morgan Formula, chosen by cluster sampling. Three questionnaires were used to gather data: The Cooper Smith standard questionnaire and two researcher-made questionnaires on attitude towards education, and academic achievement motive. Reliability of these questionnaires were 0.87, 0.92 and 0.86 respectively. The data were analyzed using T-test and correlation coefficient. Findings showed that academic achievement motive in girls was more than boys, and their attitude towards education was more positive than boys. But there was no significant difference in self-confidence between the boys and girls. The high school students were better in these variables than the guidance school students. Also, results showed that there was positive correlation among these factors Keywords: Academic achievement, academic motive, attitude towards education, self-confidence