Vem har bäst betyg? : en kvantitativ studie om betygsfördelning
Sammanfattning: Aim: The study aims to investigate the distribution of grades between students in a practical subject and in a theoretical subject. The problem: What is the grade distribution in physical education and mathematics, with respect to gender, socioeconomic background, parental education, ethnicity, and physical activity? Method: To answer the aim of the study a quantitative method was chosen. As the collection method used was questionnaires to 620 students in the 9th grade in Stockholm. Of the 620 questionnaires, 597 questionnaires were used for the static analysis. The method of analysis used cross tables and logistic regression analysis. These findings have been interpreted through a socio-constructivist approach based on Bourdieus concept of capital, habitus and field and Yvonne Hridman and Birgitta Fagrells theories about gender. Results: The study shows that the variables gender, socioeconomic background, parental education, and ethnicity have some effect on student grades in physical education and mathematics. In physical education boys more often scored higher than girls, while in mathematics girls often have better grades. Both socio-economic background and educational level of the parents has an effect on the grade of the student. Students from a higher social class have often better grades than students from the lower classes, both in mathematics and in physical education. Similarly, if the parents have high education it has a positive effect on the score. Students with an immigrant background have often less grades than students with non-immigrant background. Physical activity was found to have no effect on the score in either mathematics or physical education. Conclusion: Students from different social classes have different ratings indicating that the structures and standards, according to Bourdieu, in society are reproduces and maintained in the grade distribution. Similarly, it is possible to see that girls have higher grades in one subject while bays have higher grades in other subjects. The dichotomy between sexes defenses this difference. Boys and girls cannot and should not be good at the same things. Why students’ ethnicity has an effect on the student’s score is more difficult to analyze, more often these students belong to a lower social class, which may be an explanation for the results in this study. While there are other factors that can affect these students' performance in school. For example, lack of enough language skill in the teaching language might be another explanation for this study’s result.
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