Gender Differences in High‐school Students’ Views about Science

By P. H. Miller, Jennifer Slawinski Blessing, S. Schwartz. 2006

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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education, Safety Research

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Girls’ biology, boys’ physics: evidence from free‐choice science learning settings (2008, background): “Miller et al. (2006) related this idea to science education, when they found that female high school students in the US were more people-oriented B .”
Motivation for learning science in kindergarten: Is there a gender gap and does integrated inquiry and literacy instruction make a difference (2009, background): “…are mixed; some studies found that boys reported liking science more than girls did (Catsambis, 1995; Cousins, 2007; Harty, Samuel, & Beall, 1986; Miller et al., 2006; Oakes, 1990; Simpson & Oliver, 1990; van Langen, Rekers-Mombarg, & Dekkers, 2006), whereas others found no sex differences…”
HIGH ASPIRATIONS BUT LOW PROGRESSION: THE SCIENCE ASPIRATIONS–CAREERS PARADOX AMONGST MINORITY ETHNIC STUDENTS (2011, background): “Other studies highlight the importance of images of scientists for students’ choices and aspirations (c.f. Bennett & Hogarth, 2009; Cleaves, 2005; Miller et al. 2006).”
Young Children's Aspirations in Science: The unequivocal, the uncertain and the unthinkable (2013, background): “Likewise, despite previous research indicating the influence of images of science and scientists on students’ educational choices and aspirations (e.g. Bennett & Hogarth, 2009; Koren & Bar, 2009; Miller et al., 2006; Weisgram & Bigler, 2006; Wyer, 2003), the current study did not reveal an associati”
The Impact of Gender on Interest in Science Topics and the Choice of Scientific and Technical Vocations (2011, background): “Given females’ interest in (human) biology, chemistry and physics teachers could motivate females for these less-preferred domains by relating the subject matter to (human) biology (Miller et al., 2006).”
Problem Solving And Creativity And Design: What Influence Do They Have On Girls' Interest In STEM Subject Areas? (2013, background): “Miller, Blessing, and Schwartz (2006) found that girls’ perceptions toward science are that it is uninteresting and difficult.”
Slovakian Students’ Knowledge of and Attitudes toward Biotechnology (2007, background): “Females’ lower acceptance of biotechnology supports recent evidence that females have different views on science (Jones et al., 2000; Miller, Blessing, & Schwartz, 2006 ), technology, and technological innovations (Cockburn & Ormrod, 1995).”