  There has been an increasing trend of females performing better than males
academically across the mathematical engineering courses. To confirm this
assumption, final marks of two independent samples of students from Calculus
courses across all fields within Engineering at a local university of UAE are
considered. A two-sample t-test indicates a significant difference in the
performance between the two genders. Accordingly, a survey was designed to
identify factors that may yield to this scenario. Analysis of the survey found
that the time spend studying outside the classroom is a statistically
significant factor contributing to the disparity between the gender
performances. Based on these results, we propose immediate short-term solutions
that can be applied by instructors to address this issue. This study advocates
the need of continuous research at micro level to identify gender-based student
performance variance. Such researches can assist in immediate intervention
thereby leading to the bridging of such a gap.
