Gender Differences in Classroom Participation and Achievement: An Experiment Involving Advanced Placement Calculus Classes.

Subotnik, Rena F.; Strauss, Shiela M.

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Publication Date: 1995

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Gender Differences in Classroom Participation and Achievement: An Experiment Involving Advanced Placement Calculus Classes.

Subotnik, Rena F.; Strauss, Shiela M.

Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, v6 n2 p77-85 Win 1994-95

Despite scoring lower on the mathematics Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT-M) prior to taking an advanced placement calculus course, female students (n=85) scored as well as males (n=51) on the Advanced Placement BC level calculus test. Predictors of AP scores were: first, scores on the Calculus Readiness Test; second, scores on the SAT-M; and third, class participation. (DB)

Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Advanced Placement Programs, Calculus, Classroom Communication, Females, High Schools, Mathematics Achievement, Sex Differences, Single Sex Classes, Student Participation

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Advanced Placement Examinations (CEEB)

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