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Opening New Doors: Taking Sex-Role Stereotyping Out of Science and Mathematics.
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This article is published in School Science and Mathematics.The article was published on 1980-11-01. It has received 12 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Science education.read more
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The Career Plans of Science-Talented Rural Adolescent Girls
TL;DR: The authors examined the relationship between parent attitudes, intrinsic value of science, peer support, available activities, and preference for future science careers for science-talented, rural, adolescent females.
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Three Studies of Factors Affecting the Attitudes of Blacks and Females toward the Pursuit of Science and Science-Related Careers.
TL;DR: The Science Career Predictor Scale (SCPS) as discussed by the authors assesses seven factors thought to be involved with science career choices: teacher/counselor encouragement, participation in science related hobbies and activities, academic self-image, science-related career interest, parental encouragement and support, the perceived relevance of mathematics and science, and mathematics ability.
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Two-Year Study Relating Adolescents' Self-Concept and Gender Role Perceptions to Achievement and Attitudes Toward Science.
TL;DR: In this paper, a two-year longitudinal study was conducted to assess the developmental relationship of perceptions of self-concept and gender role identification with adolescents' attitudes and achievement in science, a battery of instruments assessing 16 dimensions of selfconcept/gender role identifications was employed to predict students' achievement and attitudes toward science.
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Students' Attitudes towards Mathematics in Single-Sex and Coeducational Schools.
TL;DR: The authors examined students' attitudes towards mathematics at the secondary school level using five Fennema-Sherman scales and found that the attitudes of boys and girls in Grades 8 to 12 in four schools were compared: a single-sex boys' and a singlesex girls' private school, and a state and a private co-educational school.
An Exploration of Factors Influencing the Career Preferences of Junior High Students.
TL;DR: This paper investigated the relationship between images of science careers and junior high school students' attitudes toward science occupations and found that the treatment was more effective for the girls in the sample than for the boys.