Gender differences in attitudes to science for third year pupils: an argument for single-sex teaching groups in mixed schools

T.J. Harvey; Andrew Stables

doi:10.1080/0263514860040206

Gender differences in attitudes to science for third year pupils: an argument for single-sex teaching groups in mixed schools

T.J. Harvey, Andrew Stables

School of Education

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Abstract

An attitude to science scale for third year pupils in mixed and single‐sex schools has been developed and given to 2300 children in the South‐West of England. This test has five components, namely attitudes to science, physics, chemistry, biology and school. The results are analysed and used to support an argument for single‐sexing some school subjects in mixed schools, thus helping to include some of the better features of single‐sex schools in a mixed‐school environment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	163-170
Journal	Research in Science & Technological Education
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/0263514860040206
Publication status	Published - 1986

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