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Gender Differences in Science Preferences on Starting Secondary School |
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| Authors: | Keith S Taber |
| Institution: | Havering College of Further and Higher Education |
| Abstract: | Pupils in their first weeks of secondary school were asked to select from a list those topics they would be interested in studying in science. Gender differences were found supporting the pattern previously reported in the literature: in particular that boys predominantly selected topics with a mechanical connection, whilst girls predominantly selected topics related to human biology. |
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