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Missing out on Half of the World's Potential: Fewer Female than Male Top Achievers in Mathematics and Science Want a Career in These Fields. IEA Compass: Briefs in Education. Number 17
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Hencke, Juliane; Eck, Matthias; Sass, Justine; Hastedt, Dirk; Mejia-Rodriguez, Ana Maria – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2022
Using IEA's Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2019 data, this brief explores the relationship between students' gender, their confidence and achievement in mathematics and science, and their aspirations to pursue careers in these fields. We find that more boys than girls at grade 8 want to have a mathematics- or…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Science Achievement, High Achievement, Gender Differences
Creating Climate Change Awareness in South African Schools through Practical Chemistry Demonstrations
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Sunassee, Suthananda N.; Young, Ryan M.; Sewry, Joyce D.; Harrison, Timothy G.; Shallcross, Dudley E. – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2012
In accordance with the requirements for the National Curriculum Statement for both Life sciences and Physical sciences and the importance of community engagement in Higher Education in South Africa, this paper described the use of the lecture-demonstration "A Pollutant's Tale" to create climate change awareness amongst school learners.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Climate, Environmental Education, Consciousness Raising