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Morales-Burgess, Viviana – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are being refined to prepare learners for 21st-century careers. The jobs in the STEM fields are on the rise, but there is still a lack of representation of women in these fields. Gender stereotypes and biased viewpoints on gender may prevent female interest and success in STEM…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Females, Sex Stereotypes, Gender Bias
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Wao, Hesborn; Kersaint, Gladis; Smith, Chrystal A. S.; Campbell-Montalvo, Rebecca; Puccia, Ellen; Skvoretz, John; Martin, Julie P.; Lee, Reginald; MacDonald, George – International Journal of STEM Education, 2023
Background: Women and under-represented minority (URM) students continue to be under-represented in STEM and earn the lowest proportion of undergraduate engineering degrees. We employed a mixed methods research approach grounded in social capital theory to investigate "when" they first consider pursuing engineering as a college degree…
Descriptors: Females, Minority Group Students, Disproportionate Representation, Engineering Education
Robinson, Joseph P.; Lubienski, Sarah T.; Copur, Yasemin – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
Scholars have identified mathematics gender gaps favoring males as early as kindergarten or first grade, particularly at the top of the achievement distribution (Penner & Paret, 2008; Rathbun, West & Germino-Hausken, 2004; Robinson & Lubienski, 2011). These relatively small achievement disparities precede larger differences in…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Females, Mathematics Achievement, Conditioning