Summary information

Study title

Early Recognition of Research Ability 1987

Creator

Institut für Theorie, Geschichte und Organisation der Wissenschaft an der Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR, Berlin

Study number / PID

ZA6327, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.6327 (DOI)

Data access

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Series

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Abstract

Early recognition and support of mathematics-natural science talent among schoolchildren, relationship of school achievements and orientation of interests. Topics: Interest in areas of knowledge; occupation with natural science problems in leisure time; knowledge going beyond the level of school material and age group; age at which interest in natural science began; persons who influenced development of natural science interest positively; reaction at insolvability of tasks posed oneself; areas of knowledge; support by teachers, schoolchildren community and schoolchildren societies; grades in 9th 10th and at the end of 11th grade; knowledge of foreign languages; having too little or too much expected; boarding school children; student driver; expected behavior in the subjects mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, civics, German, Russian, English; reasons for good performance in the natural science subject; social function; time expended for this; attending circles and teams; artistic interests; solution paths with presentation of novel tasks; fun at solving problems; reasons for strengths of achievement in areas of interest; health disturbance; fascination of areas of interest; occupational goal an activity in research; knowledge about the term research study; life as a scientist; time for other things; participation in international competitions; expression of certain behaviors and personality traits (self-assessment); position within school collective in the last few years; mutual trust in a friend / girl friend; preferred conversation partners; number of siblings; occupation of parents; opinion on personal upbringing by parents; particular strengths and interests of parents; school education, vocational training and social affiliation of parents; place of residence; studies desire; desired occupation; conversations with parents about occupation intents; support of natural science interests by parents; position of parents on a...
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Methodology

Data collection period

1987

Country

Time dimension

Cross-section

Analysis unit

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Universe

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Sampling procedure

Non-probability: Purposive
Specific sample

Kind of data

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Data collection mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper
Written survey

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

1987

Terms of data access

C - Data and documents are only released for academic research and teaching after the data depositor's written authorization. For this purpose the Data Archive obtains a written permission with specification of the user and the analysis intention.

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