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Gender Differences in Science Preferences on Starting Secondary School
Author:
Keith S. Taber a
| Affiliation: | a Havering College of Further and Higher Education, |
DOI:
10.1080/0263514910090210
Publication Frequency:
3 issues per year
Published in:
Research in Science & Technological Education,
Volume
9,
Issue
2
1991
, pages 245
- 251
Research in Science & Technological Education,
Volume
9,
Issue
2
1991
, pages 245
- 251
Subject:
Science Education;
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Abstract
Pupils in their first weeks of secondary school were asked to select from a list those topics they would be interested in studying in science. Gender differences were found supporting the pattern previously reported in the literature: in particular that boys predominantly selected topics with a mechanical connection, whilst girls predominantly selected topics related to human biology.
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