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ERIC Number: EJ528385
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-9120
The Gender Balance of Physics Textbooks: Caribbean and British Books, 1985-91.
Whiteley, Peter
Physics Education, v31 n3 p169-74 May 1996
Survey of seven physics textbooks in use in the Caribbean and Britain found a gender imbalance showing frequent depiction of males, particularly as adults, which may have an adverse effect on the numbers of girls continuing their studies in physics. (Author/MKR)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, High Schools, Physics, Sex Differences, Surveys, Textbooks
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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