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Verniers, Catherine; Martinot, Delphine – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2015
The aim of the present study was to test whether the content of a gender stereotype concerning general academic achievement matched the characteristics deemed to predict success in the fields of higher education dominated by women and men respectively. A sample of 207 undergraduate students rated the extent to which characteristics ascribed to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Academic Achievement, Higher Education, Gender Differences
Brint, Steven; Cantwell, Allison M. – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2011
Using data from the 2008 University of California Undergraduate Experience Survey, we show that study time and academic conscientiousness were lower among students in humanities and social science majors than among students in science and engineering majors. Analytical and critical thinking experiences were no more evident among humanities and…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Undergraduate Study, Social Sciences, Engineering
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Jacobson, Michael J.; Weller, Martha H. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1988
Describes survey conducted among humanities faculty at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to assess their current use of and attitudes toward educational computing. Topics covered on the questionnaire include computer experience, skills and frequency of use, computer interest and anxiety, computer software, and use for instructional,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Correlation
Baker, Dale R. – 1981
This paper provides results of a study which characterized women in science, aimed at identifying those factors thought to discriminate among males and females in the humanities, biological sciences, and physical sciences. The areas of spatial ability, attitude toward science, and rate of maturation were chosen as possible discriminating…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Career Choice, College Science, Females