Motivational pathways to STEM career choices: Using expectancy–value perspective to understand individual and gender differences in STEM fields
Ming-Te Wang,Jessica L. Degol +1 more
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A literature review of the current knowledge surrounding individual and gender differences in STEM educational and career choices, using expectancy-value theory as a guiding framework to provide both a well-defined theoretical framework and complementary empirical evidence for linking specific sociocultural, contextual, biological, and psychological factors.About:
This article is published in Developmental Review.The article was published on 2013-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 559 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Expectancy theory.read more
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Why are some STEM fields more gender balanced than others
TL;DR: Efforts to increase women’s participation in computer science, engineering, and physics may benefit from changing masculine cultures and providing students with early experiences that signal equally to both girls and boys that they belong and can succeed in these fields.
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Gender Gap in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM): Current Knowledge, Implications for Practice, Policy, and Future Directions.
TL;DR: Six explanations for US women’s underrepresentation in math-intensive STEM fields are summarized and evidence-based recommendations for policy and practice to improve STEM diversity are proposed and recommendations for future research directions are proposed.
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The Gender-Equality Paradox in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education.
Gijsbert Stoet,David C. Geary +1 more
TL;DR: It was shown that girls performed similarly to or better than boys in science in two of every three countries, and in nearly all countries, more girls appeared capable of college-level STEM study than had enrolled and these sex differences in academic strengths and attitudes toward science correlated with the STEM graduation gap.
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The Math and Science Engagement Scales: Scale development, validation, and psychometric properties
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed and validated student and teacher-report survey measures of student engagement in math and science, which are built around a multidimensional perspective of engagement by using a bifactor modeling approach.
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The Motivational Theory of Role Modeling: How Role Models Influence Role Aspirants’ Goals
TL;DR: In this article, the Motivational Theory of Role Modeling (MTM) is proposed to understand how role models can effectively influence motivation and goals, and the role models serve three distinct functions in which they influence goals and motivation: acting as behavioral models, representing the possible and being inspirational.
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Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior
Edward L. Deci,Richard M. Ryan +1 more
TL;DR: This chapter discusses the development of Causality Orientations Theory, a theory of personality Influences on Motivation, and its application in information-Processing Theories.
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Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior
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The emotional dog and its rational tail: a social intuitionist approach to moral judgment.
TL;DR: The author gives 4 reasons for considering the hypothesis that moral reasoning does not cause moral judgment; rather, moral reasoning is usually a post hoc construction, generated after a judgment has been reached.
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A Threat in the Air How Stereotypes Shape Intellectual Identity and Performance
TL;DR: Research shows that this threat dramatically depresses the standardized test performance of women and African Americans who are in the academic vanguard of their groups, that it causes disidentification with school, and that practices that reduce this threat can reduce these negative effects.