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Peer reviewedDresel, Markus; Ziegler, Albert; Broome, Patrick; Heller, Kurt A. – Roeper Review, 1998
A study involving 547 girls and 641 boys investigated gender-related differences in prior knowledge in physics before the start of initial physics instruction and influence of prior knowledge on future achievement in 8th-grade German physics courses. Girls achieved lower overall scores in the applied test of prior knowledge in physics. (CR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Foreign Countries, Gifted, Grade 8
Peer reviewedZiegler, Albert; Heller, Kurt A. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2000
A study of the predictive power of motivational variables for 154 gifted students in introductory physics courses at German college preparatory high schools found achievement differences were influenced by the talent variable with no significant influence for either approach or avoidance motivation. However, approach motivation positively…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Foreign Countries, Grade 8
Peer reviewedZiegler, Albert; Heller, Kurt A. – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 2000
Students (N=379) in the 8th grade of German college preparatory schools, prior to formal chemistry instruction, were evaluated for prior knowledge of chemistry, their self-concept regarding chemistry, their gender-bound attitudes toward chemistry, and their fear of chemistry. Findings indicated that girls already expressed significantly lower…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Bound Students, Females, Foreign Countries
