Mathematically Talented Males and Females and Achievement in the High School Sciences

Author:

Benbow Camilla Persson1,Minor Lola L.2

Affiliation:

1. Iowa State Unversity

2. Johns Hopkins University

Abstract

Mathematically talented youth, whether male or female, tend to have favorable attitudes toward science and to participate in the sciences at a level much higher than average. There were no overall sex differences in course-taking or course-grades in the sciences. Indications of sex differences favoring males, however, were found in participation in high school physics, the taking of and performance on high school and college level science achievement tests, and intention to major in the more quantitatively oriented fields of physics and engineering. No substantial sex differences in attitudes toward the sciences, except possibly physics, were detected. Overall attitude toward science did relate somewhat to participation in science. Moreover, sex differences in mathematical reasoning ability may explain some of the sex difference in science participation and achievement. These results may bear on why women are underrepresented in the sciences.

Publisher

American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Subject

Education

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