In:
American Educational Research Journal, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Vol. 18, No. 3 ( 1981-05), p. 329-341
Abstract:
Data from the 1976 NAEP Science Assessment were used to explore sex differences in science learning and its determinants with controls for ethnicity and parental socioeconomic status. The sample was composed of 2,349 13-year-olds. Scales measuring science learning and five related factors were related to sex, race, and SES in three-way analyses of variance and covariance. While no sex difference in science learning was found, a sex-specific trend in science motivation was detected. For males, increased motivation was found with higher levels of SES (parental education). A number of other differences among ethnic and SES groups are significant.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0002-8312
,
1935-1011
DOI:
10.3102/00028312018003329
Language:
English
Publisher:
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Publication Date:
1981
detail.hit.zdb_id:
280032-9
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2143269-7
SSG:
5,2
SSG:
5,3
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