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ERIC Number: EJ298666
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Predictive Validity of Five Cognitive Skills Tests among Women Receiving Engineering Training.
Wittig, Michele Andrisin; And Others
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v21 n5 p537-46 May 1984
Investigated women's (N=35) aptitude for and changes in skills during an engineering training program and the relationship between academic/demographic information and cognitive skills to success in the program. Compares results with those of studies of male undergraduates. Includes results of mathematics anxiety and conservation of horizontality scores. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Engineering Education, Engineers, Females, Grade Point Average, Higher Education, Mathematics Anxiety, Predictive Validity, Science Education, Sex Differences, Skill Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Science Foundation; Science Education Research