Preference for Subjects and its Sex Difference in Primary School Children

Abstract

Saeki (1979) divided the modes of learning into 3 phases on the basis of the concept of ATI (aptitude-tratment interaction). A preference for a subject belongs to the 1st phase. In this study, the sex difference in preferences for subjects was quantitatively examined by paired comparison in primary school children of the 2nd to 6th grades. The comparison should that boys preferred athletics, sciences and sociology, and girls music and Japanese language. This trend was common in all the grades. Analysis of the characteristics of each subject is necessary to examine the development of a sex difference in the 2nd pahse of the modes of learning.