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ERIC Number: EJ627119
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2001
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Investigating Gender Differences in the Science Performance of 16-Year-Old Pupils in the UK.
Bell, John F.
International Journal of Science Education, v23 n5 p469-86 May 2001
Investigates whether gender stereotypes of boys outperforming girls in physics and girls outperforming boys in biology are still present. Considers the performance on individual question parts of an examination for 16-years-olds in the United Kingdom. Also considers the memory processes involved and related to gender differences in science performance. (Contains 26 references.) (Author/ASK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Foreign Countries, Memory, Physics, Science Education, Secondary Education, Sex Differences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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