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Examining subject preferences of fourth through sixth grade pupils, Mosher(l) found little significant difference between the first choices of boys and girls. Arithmetic, art, social studies, and spelling were among the top-ranking selections. Dean, (2) investigating the relationship between subject preference and achievement of fifth grade children, reports no statistically significant finding though boys indicated strong preferences in their selection of arithmetic, spelling, and reading. In a follow-up study of Boston fifth grade children, Chase and Wilson (3) found reading, art, spelling, and social studies to rank high in terms of pupil pre ference. They report that boys show a significantly stronger preference for social studies than do girls but report no other significant preference on the basis of sex. Comparing teacher preferences with student choices a strong relationship was found to exist in all subjects except art and spelling.
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