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Course Selection and Performance of Very High Ability Students; Is There a Gender Gap?

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Stocking, Vicki Bartosik; Goldstein, David – Roeper Review, 1992

Course selection of 795 gifted adolescents in a summer residential program differed along traditional gender lines in mathematics, science, and writing/literature. Girls and boys performed equally well in all types of classes; main effects in achievement and motivation were found only for type of class. The Scholastic Aptitude Test served as a…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Course Selection (Students), Gifted