Social behaviors and gender differences among preschoolers: implications for science activities.

From: Journal of Research in Childhood Education | Date: March 22, 2002| Author: Czerniak, Charlene M.; Shireen Desouza, Josephine M. | Copyright information

Ethnographic studies involving the learning of science by younger children are fewer in number compared with other science education studies. This two-year study focused on the social behaviors and gender differences among preschoolers (4 to 5 years old) engaging in science activities. Findings indicate that the social behaviors of boys and girls were stereotypical. Boys tended to exhibit curiosity, spontaneity, and extensive prior knowledge about nature (vertebrates, invertebrates,...

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