Gender Differences in Attitudes to Science for Third-Year Pupils: An Argument for Single-Sex Teaching Groups in Mixed Schools.

Harvey, T. J.; Stables, A.

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Publication Date: 1986

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Gender Differences in Attitudes to Science for Third-Year Pupils: An Argument for Single-Sex Teaching Groups in Mixed Schools.

Harvey, T. J.; Stables, A.

Research in Science and Technological Education, v4 n2 p163-70 1986

Examines the attitudes to science, physics, chemistry, biology, and to school of students in mixed and single-sex secondary schools from England. Results are used to support an argument for separating students by sex for studying some subjects in mixed schools. (ML)

Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Sex Bias, Single Sex Schools, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)

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