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Dalton D. Marsh – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2023
It is widely agreed that attitudes about mathematics play an important role in students' performance, choice, and persistence in STEM. Motivational theories posit this link and suggest that differences in these attitudes should explain in part why female, Black, Hispanic, low-income, and first-generation students are underrepresented in STEM…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Disproportionate Representation, STEM Education, Student Motivation
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Gates, Peter; Abdul Rahman, Shafia – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2014
There is concern internationally that socio-economic class and ethnicity remain the most significant predictors of outcomes in mathematics; performance is often largely dependent on family income and level of parental education. Consequently the influence of pupils' socio-economic backgrounds remains a major challenge to those of us in the field…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Ethnicity, Predictor Variables, Mathematics Achievement