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Gender Differences in Interests and Performance of High School Science Students: A Nigerian Example.

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Erinosho, S. Yemisi – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1999

Studied the interaction of gender with achievement, scientific interest, and career aspiration for 325 Nigerian high school students and identified distinguishing variables in the profiles of males and females in science. Interest rather than achievement appeared to introduce gender differences in the science profiles of these students. (SLD)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools

Correlates of Sex-Related Differences in Logical Reasoning.

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Ehindero, O.J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1982

Investigated influence of sex-related contextual nature of tasks (male-related, female-related, and content-free tasks) and perceived difficulty of these tasks on logical reasoning of Nigerian high school students (N=70). Results indicated that males scored higher than females on male-related tasks and females scored higher on female-related…

Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools