Assessed the health knowledge of predominantly Mexican American adolescents, noting gender differences. Surveys examining 11 health knowledge categories indicated that, in all but one category, students answered less than half of the questions correctly. Students knew the most about nutrition and the least about communicable diseases. There were…

A latent-construct causal model of the process of mathematics achievement is presented. When the model was compared between men and women, it was found that mathematics ability and attitudes toward mathematics had stronger effects on mathematics achievement for men than for women. (Author/LMO)

Examined curious regressions on intelligence measure by forming high and low vocabulary groups for each sex within low-scoring subsample of general intelligence and obtaining means of groups on cognitive and self-report scales. High school students high in vocabulary relative to low intelligence composite scores had lower means than low-low…

In a sample of New York 10th graders, 927 completed a Form 1--Home and School and 925 Form 2--Agriculture and Technical Preparation. Despite no significant sex differences in perceptions of agricultural and environmental education, girls were less likely to consider such careers. Some differences among ethnic groups suggested a need to help…

This study examined gender-based differential item functioning (DIF) on the 10th-grade history achievement test administered as part of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88), which followed 24,599 8th graders into 10th and 12th grades. Several DIF analyses with varying matching criteria were conducted, and the results were…

This study focuses on student concept changes in acids and bases. Variables include field dependent level, personal independence level, interest in science or chemistry, teaching strategy, and student gender. This study of Grade 10 students (N=81) provides information relevant to secondary school chemistry learning, teaching, and concept change.…

An exploratory study examined the relationship between adolescents' stance ("monologic" versus "dialogic") and several issues, including the degree to which adolescents explore tensions and contradictions in their writing and the nature of such tensions as related to gender and/or school attitudes. For the purposes of the…

Reports a study that examined the relationship between 10th graders' identity development and leisure activity participation. Surveys and interviews indicated that different leisure activities could have beneficial or detrimental effects on identity formation. The relationship between leisure and identity development depended on gender and the…

This study explores the relationship between mathematics and English achievement and mathematics and verbal self-concept and investigates whether these relationships are invariant with respect to student ability and gender. Data from 16,033 10th grade students who completed both the base and the first follow-up student questionnaire of the…

Examines gender and rural-urban differences in achievement and macro- and micro-skills in mathematics. A representative sample of classrooms consisting of 1587 students from a mid-western Canadian province was administered a standardized achievement test battery. Concludes females scored better than males in all areas except mathematics and…

Researchers examined the degree to which the teacher, past academic success, and student's sex influenced the self-concepts of ninth and tenth grade geometry students. Teacher influence and past academic success exerted more impact on geometry students' self-concepts than did their sex. (Author/PP)

Data from a national sample of 10th graders were used to assess the effect of athletic participation on student outcomes. Analyses showed positive effects on grades, self-concept, locus of control, and educational aspirations, and a negative effect on discipline problems. Athletic participation was unequally distributed across gender and…

Studies the use of a computer-assisted learning simulation episode during a unit on the growth curve of microorganisms in grade ten. Finds no significant gender differences in either the experimental or control groups. Contains 25 references. (DDR)

The study reported in this paper combined qualitative (observation, interview and case study techniques) and quantitative (questionnaire and survey instruments) methods to examine: (1) the relationship of current teaching practices to a number of variables that affected students' learning in science laboratory classrooms, (2) which factors…

The study found that teachers of seventh grade mathematics classes interacted less frequently and for less time with the best students. At the grade 10 level teachers also spent less time interacting with high achievers but called on them more frequently in some situations. Sex differences were not observed. (Author/DB)