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ERIC Number: EJ658859
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Mathematically Facile Adolescents with Math-Science Aspirations: New Perspectives on Their Educational and Vocational Development.
Webb, Rose Mary; Lubinski, David; Benbow, Camilla Persson
Journal of Educational Psychology, v94 n4 p785-94 Dec 2002
Tracks 1,110 adolescents identified as mathematically precocious with plans for a math-science undergraduate major. Participants' high school educational experiences, abilities, and interests predicted whether their attained undergraduate degrees were within math-science or nonmath-nonscience areas. More women than men eventually completed undergraduate degrees outside math-science, but many individuals who completed nonmath-nonscience degrees ultimately chose math-science occupations. (Contains 58 references and 5 tables.) (GCP)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Adolescents, Career Development, Educational Experience, Majors (Students), Mathematical Aptitude, Predictor Variables, Sciences, Sex Differences, Student Development, Student Interests
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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