Gender Gaps in Student Achievement in Turkey: TIMSS 2015 Findings

This paper revisits gender gaps in mathematics and science performance in Turkey based on the data collected by Trends in International and Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) in 2015. TIMSS provides a rich dataset that is well suited to study student performance and gender gaps in mathematics and science in the fourth and eighth grade, and to revisit gender gaps in mathematics and science in Turkey, a country characterised by relatively low gender equality.

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