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ERIC Number: EJ351736
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Mathematically Talented Males and Females and Achievement in the High School Sciences.
Benbow, Camilla Persson; Minor, Lola L.
American Educational Research Journal, v23 n3 p425-36 Fall 1986
Using data on approximately 2,000 students drawn from three talent searches conducted by the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth, this study investigated the relationship of possible sex differences in science achievement to sex differences in mathematical reasoning ability. (BS)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Achievement Tests, Females, Graduate Surveys, High Schools, Longitudinal Studies, Males, Mathematics Skills, Physics, Secondary School Science, Sex Differences, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Ad Place Exam (CEEB) Col Board Achievement Tests; Scholastic Aptitude Test; Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth