IELTS Graph # 8 - The results of a research, which examined the average percentage of marks scored by boys and girls of different ages in several school subjects, are given below.

Graph # 8 - Bar Graph

The results of a research, which examined the average percentage of marks scored by boys and girls of different ages in several school subjects, are given below.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisions where relevant.

Write a minimum of 150 words.

The stacked bar graph shows the average scores achieved in five different school subjects in a percentage form.  The marks are divided among ages 7, 10, 13 and 15 for both boys and girls. A surprising revelation in the graph is that the strongest subject for one sex is the weakest for the opposite.

At age 15, Sports at 78% and Languages at 75% were the strongest subjects, whereas a vice-versa trend is seen as the lowest scores in these same subjects. Girls score 60% in sports and boys score 58% in Languages.

Overall the performance of boys and girls was somewhat alike. Boys scored higher marks in Geography, with scores ranging from 63% to 70%, while the scores for girls remained between 62% to 64%. However, at age 15, both sexes scored 64% in this subject. The difference between boys’ and girls’ scores for Maths and Science was almost negligible, with marks ranging from 63% to 69% and 69% to 74% respectively.

Another general pattern than can be seen is that both boys and girls went through a slump in performance, but this happened at different ages for different subjects for both the sexes.

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