Differences in gender performance on competitive physics selection tests

[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Gender in Physics.] We have investigated gender differences in performance over the past eight years on the Australian Science Olympiad Exam (ASOE) for physics, which is taken by nearly 1000 high school students each year. The ASOE, run by Australian...

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Main Authors: Kate Wilson, David Low, Matthew Verdon, Alix Verdon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2016-08-01
Series:Physical Review Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.020111