Gender Differences in National Assessment of Educational Progress Science Items: What Does "I Don't Know" Really Mean?.

Linn, Marcia C.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ354666

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1987

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Gender Differences in National Assessment of Educational Progress Science Items: What Does "I Don't Know" Really Mean?

Linn, Marcia C.; And Others

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v24 n3 p267-78 Mar 1987

Discusses the gender differences revealed on the science content items of the National Assessment of Educational Progress Science Assessment. Examines explanations for the differences, including differential prior instruction, differential response to uncertainty, differential response to figurally presented items, and different attitudes toward science. (Author/TW)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Inquiry, Prior Learning, Science Education, Science Instruction, Scientific Attitudes, Scientific Concepts, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Sex Differences, Spatial Ability, Test Reliability

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Practitioners; Researchers

Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Assessment of Educational Progress

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