Table D11. Percentage distribution of academic year 2009-10 ninth-graders, by years of planned high school science and students' involvement in science: 2009
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| Total |
6.1 |
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16.1 |
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32.6 |
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45.2 |
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| Participation in extracurricular science activities1 |
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| Yes |
3.1 |
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8.5 |
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28.2 |
|
60.2 |
|
| No |
6.3 |
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16.5 |
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33.0 |
|
44.1 |
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| Grade in a previous 8th grade science course |
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| A |
1.8 |
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7.6 |
|
28.2 |
|
62.4 |
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| B |
5.2 |
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17.0 |
|
35.7 |
|
42.1 |
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| C |
10.2 |
|
24.4 |
|
36.3 |
|
29.1 |
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| D |
17.5 |
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28.7 |
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32.7 |
|
21.2 |
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| Below D or not graded |
20.4 |
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28.1 |
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26.7 |
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24.9 |
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| Self-identify as a science person |
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| Strongly agree |
1.7 |
|
6.0 |
|
15.4 |
|
76.9 |
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| Agree |
2.8 |
|
10.7 |
|
30.9 |
|
55.7 |
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| Disagree |
5.8 |
|
19.5 |
|
37.5 |
|
37.3 |
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| Strongly disagree |
14.0 |
|
22.8 |
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34.0 |
|
29.2 |
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| Seen by others as a science person |
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| Strongly agree |
2.8 |
|
6.6 |
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16.9 |
|
73.7 |
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| Agree |
2.5 |
|
8.3 |
|
30.4 |
|
58.8 |
|
| Disagree |
5.6 |
|
19.8 |
|
36.2 |
|
38.3 |
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| Strongly disagree |
13.4 |
|
22.5 |
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33.6 |
|
30.5 |
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| Understand science assignments |
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| Never |
26.1 |
|
28.0 |
|
26.0 |
|
19.9 |
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| Rarely |
14.7 |
|
22.9 |
|
33.6 |
|
28.8 |
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| Sometimes |
6.4 |
|
20.1 |
|
36.1 |
|
37.3 |
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| Often |
2.1 |
|
9.4 |
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29.5 |
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59.0 |
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| Currently taking a science course |
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| Yes |
4.6 |
|
13.4 |
|
32.7 |
|
49.3 |
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| No |
12.9 |
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28.0 |
|
32.4 |
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26.7 |
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| 1 Science activities include science club, science competition, science camp, and science study groups or tutoring. |
| NOTE: All estimates are weighted by W1STUDENT. Details may not sum to 100 percent due to rounding. The survey item on planned high school science does not include a response option for less than one year. The question on planned years of high school science includes the student's current year. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), Base-Year. |
