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ERIC Number: EJ351845
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Detecting and Accounting For Gender Differences in Mixed-Sex and Single-Sex Groupings in Science Lessons.
Rennie, Leonie J.; Parker, Lesley H.
Educational Review, v39 n1 p65-73 1987
Twenty teachers were selected to teach 20 elementary classes a science lesson featuring laboratory experience in small groups. Ten teachers were alerted to the possibilities of sexism in the physical sciences. Results indicated girls in mixed-sex work groups participate less when the teacher is less aware of sexism problems. (Author/CH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Heterogeneous Grouping, Homogeneous Grouping, Laboratory Experiments, Physical Sciences, Sex Bias, Sex Differences, Student Participation, Teacher Improvement, Teamwork
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Great Britain