Gender vs. Sex Differences: Factors Affecting Performance in Geographic Education.

Hardwick, Susan W.; Bean, Lydia L.; Alexander, Kathy A.; Shelley, Fred M.

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ERIC Number: EJ651278

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Publication Date: 2000

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Gender vs. Sex Differences: Factors Affecting Performance in Geographic Education.

Hardwick, Susan W.; Bean, Lydia L.; Alexander, Kathy A.; Shelley, Fred M.

Journal of Geography, v99 n6 p238-44 Nov-Dec 2000

Summarizes a pilot study that compared performance in geography with gender in which students were surveyed in two introductory geography classes at Southwest Texas State University (San Marcos, Texas). Indicates that the relationship between gender and geographic learning is more complex than originally believed. (CMK)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Gender Issues, Geography, Higher Education, Introductory Courses, Pilot Projects, Sex Differences, Social Studies, Student Characteristics, Surveys, Universities

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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