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Is Science Really for Me? Gender Differences in Student Attitudes toward Science
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Iwuanyanwu, Paul Nnanyereugo – School Science and Mathematics, 2022
The question of whether single-sex or co-ed schooling has any impact on students' attitudes toward science is highly contested and warrants research from all corners of the world. This study adds to our current knowledge by investigating different attitudinal indices of Grade 9 science students (N = 356, M[subscript age] = 14.5 years) in…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Single Sex Schools, Coeducation, Student Attitudes
Symbolic Drawings Reveal Changes in Preservice Teacher Mathematics Attitudes after a Mathematics Methods Course
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Rule, Audrey C.; Harrell, Mary H. – School Science and Mathematics, 2006
A new method of analyzing mathematics attitudes through symbolic drawings, situated within the field of Jungian-oriented analytical psychology, was applied to 52 preservice elementary teachers before and after a mathematics methods course. In this triangulation mixed methods design study, pretest images related to past mathematics experiences…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Pretests Posttests, Preservice Teachers, Mathematical Concepts
A Longitudinal Study on Attitudes by Department and Sex at the University Level.
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Aksu, Meral – School Science and Mathematics, 1991
Reports a longitudinal study to investigate sex and departmental differences in the changes in attitudes toward mathematics of prospective mathematicians and secondary school mathematics teachers among university students in Turkey (n=82). Results indicated that female students' attitudes toward mathematics generally decreased to reach the level…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Change Agents