Compares a particular student attitude, scientific curiosity, exhibited by different groups of secondary school students (N=322), including (1) boys and girls; (2) from the U. S. and Israel; and (3) those who choose to pursue careers in science. (CS)

Presents a comparison of attitudes toward physics and chemistry by 300 eleventh and twelfth grade students. Attitudes toward chemistry were more positive than towards physics; chemistry was considered less masculine, and physics was considered more important. (SL)