EFFECTS OF GENDER, COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ON PHYSICS ACHIEVEMENT
The study described in this paper attemp-ted ta investigate the cambined and individual effects af
certain variables (gender, cagnitive develapment and saci-
aeco.namicstatus (SES» an physics achievemenL We used
a physics achievement test, lagical thinkingability test and
a saciaecanamic status questiannaire ta assess 35 high
schaal secand grade students' physics achievement, cagni-
tive level and saciaecanamic level. We used Multiple Reg-
ressian and Carrelatian Analysis (MRC) for analyzing da-
ta abtained from thase tests. The analysis af data revealed
that male students generally gat higher scores in physics
than female students. The cagnitive level af students did
nat affect their scare an achievement test. Saciaecanamic
level af the students shawed significant effect an their
physics achievement.
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