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ERIC Number: EJ253004
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981
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Early Adolescent Sex Differences in Science Learning: Evidence from the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
Haertel, Geneva D.; And Others
American Educational Research Journal, v18 n3 p329-41 Fall 1981
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. No sex difference in science learning was found, but a sex-specific trend in science motivation was detected. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Ethnicity, Learning Motivation, Literature Reviews, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Sex Differences, Socioeconomic Status
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Assessment of Educational Progress