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ERIC Number: EJ354666
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Gender Differences in National Assessment of Educational Progress Science Items: What Does "I Don't Know" Really Mean?
Linn, Marcia C.; And Others
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v24 n3 p267-78 Mar 1987
Discusses the gender differences revealed on the science content items of the National Assessment of Educational Progress Science Assessment. Examines explanations for the differences, including differential prior instruction, differential response to uncertainty, differential response to figurally presented items, and different attitudes toward science. (Author/TW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Inquiry, Prior Learning, Science Education, Science Instruction, Scientific Attitudes, Scientific Concepts, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Sex Differences, Spatial Ability, Test Reliability
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Researchers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: National Assessment of Educational Progress; Science Education Research