# Study on gender in Physics

IELTS Academic Listening - 10 questions - 9 minutes - Multiple choice

Source: Recording, questions and answer key from Cambridge IELTS 11, Test 1, Listening Part 3. © Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Used for educational practice. Explanations and evidence notes are written by Testmigo.

## The recording

8 minutes of audio. Practice it with the player on the page; the transcript is on the answers page.

## Questions

### Questions 21-30: Multiple choice

Study on Gender in Physics. Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

21. The students in Akira Miyake's study were all majoring in
   - A. physics.
   - B. psychology or physics.
   - C. science, technology, engineering or mathematics.

22. The aim of Miyake's study was to investigate
   - A. what kind of women choose to study physics.
   - B. a way of improving women's performance in physics.
   - C. whether fewer women than men study physics at college.

23. The female physics students were wrong to believe that
   - A. the teachers marked them in an unfair way.
   - B. the male students expected them to do badly.
   - C. their test results were lower than the male students'.

24. Miyake's team asked the students to write about
   - A. what they enjoyed about studying physics.
   - B. the successful experiences of other people.
   - C. something that was important to them personally.

25. What was the aim of the writing exercise done by the subjects?
   - A. to reduce stress
   - B. to strengthen verbal ability
   - C. to encourage logical thinking

26. What surprised the researchers about the study?
   - A. how few students managed to get A grades
   - B. the positive impact it had on physics results for women
   - C. the difference between male and female performance

27. Greg and Lisa think Miyake's results could have been affected by
   - A. the length of the writing task.
   - B. the number of students who took part.
   - C. the information the students were given.

28. Greg and Lisa decide that in their own project, they will compare the effects of
   - A. two different writing tasks.
   - B. a writing task with an oral task.
   - C. two different oral tasks.

29. The main finding of Smolinsky's research was that class teamwork activities
   - A. were most effective when done by all-women groups.
   - B. had no effect on the performance of men or women.
   - C. improved the results of men more than of women.

30. What will Lisa and Greg do next?
   - A. talk to a professor
   - B. observe a science class
   - C. look at the science timetable

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