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Both male and female sophomores are less satisfied with lab work than are first-
year students, and this change is especially great for female students, who are
comparatively well satisfied with the lab work encountered in the first year. This lack of
satisfaction in the sophomore year is intensified among females in the junior year, where
the level of satisfaction in this respect is at its lowest. Junior males, on the other hand,
seem to have “recovered” from the sophomore “shock”, and have a level of satisfaction
similar to the first-year and senior year. Thus, in the sophomore year, gender differences
disappear; but in the junior year, females are considerably less satisfied with lab work
than are the male students; and in the senior year, there is again little gender difference.
This fluctuation in satisfaction with the lab work could be related to the type of
lab work required in these various years, or differences in the way lab work is
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