Abstract
The results of the investigation on the consciousness and working behavior of junior high school students about food preparation are as follows: 1. As for cooking experience, boys are inferior to girls toward interest and eagerness for cooking. 2. The subject matters learned already are more often practiced at home than the unlearned matters, with no difference between boys and girls. 3. When food preparation is conducted in groups made up of only boys or only girls, the work amount makes no difference according to the sexes. But in the mixed groups, the boys' working amount is less than the girls'. We have reached the conclusion that in order that each student experience as much cooking as possible, groups should be made up of only boys or only girls and that each individual should be given a role in the process of cooking.
