Do Reading Ability and Sex Differences Make a Difference in Science Achievement?

Authors

Sharon Wadsworth, Hoover High School
Lynn Glass, Iowa State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Educators, parents and politicians of late have all been concerned with test scores, especially declining test scores. Much debate has taken place concerning whether, in fact, there has been a decline in the level of student performance or, rather, whether there has been a change in the population of students taking a given test. Many explanations have been tendered concerning reasons for the possible decline in test scores. This study was concerned with science scores from one Iowa high school. Specifically, this study sought to determine if there was a decline in science test scores and to determine what variables account for most of the variance in standardized science test scores.

Publication Date

April 1981

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

18

Issue

1

First Page

44

Last Page

46

Copyright

© Copyright 1981 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Wadsworth, Sharon and Glass, Lynn (1981) "Do Reading Ability and Sex Differences Make a Difference in Science Achievement?," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 18: No. 1, Article 18.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol18/iss1/18