Welcome to today’s daily sociology MCQ. This one focuses on gender differences in educational achievement, a really important part of the education topic because it asks you to think about both the patterns in achievement and the reasons behind them. The aim is to help you revisit the topic in manageable chunks, check what you know securely, and identify the bits that need a little more revision.

Across this daily MCQ series, I’ll be covering different areas of both the AQA A-level Sociology and Cambridge OCR A-level Sociology specifications, so you can keep building your knowledge steadily over time. Today’s questions focus on key ideas such as patterns in achievement, inside- and outside-school explanations, laddish subcultures, and changing gender roles.