Relationships among Gender, Age, and Intellectual Development.

de Hernandez, Lilian; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ297256

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Publication Date: 1984

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Relationships among Gender, Age, and Intellectual Development.

de Hernandez, Lilian; And Others

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v21 n4 p365-75 Apr 1984

Determined that males (N=70) demonstrate higher level of intellectual development than females (N=70), that males mature intellectually earlier than females, and that there appear to be factors other than age and sex that are related to development of formal operational reasoning. Implications of these and other results are discussed. (JN)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, High Schools, Intellectual Development, Science Education, Secondary School Science, Sex Differences, Student Characteristics

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Language: English

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