Blackman, Lyris Olreta2008-11-212008-11-212008-11-21https://hdl.handle.net/2139/556enPlease contact the West Indiana Division at the University of the West Indies,St.Augustine in order to view the full thesis. Contact: wimail@sta.uwi.eduMathematics -- Caribbean Area -- ExaminationsMathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- BarbadosMathematical ability -- Sex differencesExamination of the performance characteristics of boys and girls from a sample of secondary schools in Barbados writing the Caribbean Examinations Council General Proficiency Examination (paper 2) 1988 in mathematicsThesis