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Education a la Carte

Aug 17, 2007 08:21

Wilson et al (1994) suggested that girls and boys may have different motivations for selecting the courses they choose to study. Wilson surveyed a group of 947 "gifted adolescents" in a three-week academic program, and asked them why they chose the courses they did. Girls were more likely than boys to report choosing a class because it was ( Read more... )

hanna ayalon, choices, maria fernández, education, school, john wilson, motivations, choice behavior, gender differences

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ukelele August 17 2007, 13:47:50 UTC

""gifted adolescents" in a three-week academic program"? Hmmm...CTY by any chance ( ... )

ukelele August 17 2007, 13:48:20 UTC

s/TIP, not Duke/TIP, not CTY/;

differenceblog August 17 2007, 14:08:25 UTC

For what it's worth, I thought the abstract far overstated the results. If you're interested, I'd be happy to send you the full paper.

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deadkytty9 August 17 2007, 14:41:59 UTC

Hmm, I did TIP for a summer. Took Intro to Psychology, because I wasn't going to be allowed to take the AP Psych course my high school offered for another 3 years, and at the time, I thought that was going to end up being my major in college (it was, actually, along with History, but with a long hiatus in which I was pre-med and miserable).

ukelele August 17 2007, 23:20:36 UTC

My two courses in my first year of CTY turned out to be my majors as well ;).