Same-sex and opposite-sex teacher model influences on science career commitment among high school students.

Studied the relationship between the science career commitment and the science teacher models of 141 female and 129 male high school students. On the basis of earlier findings, it was predicted that Ss with same-sex teacher models would indicate a higher science career commitment. Furthermore, it was predicted that perceived teacher attractiveness and amount of science-related teacher contact would affect the influence of same-sex teacher models more than that of opposite-sex teacher models. Ss were administered a questionnaire and the Science Career Attitude Survey. Results support the hypotheses. Implications for female participation in science are discussed. (15 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)