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Direct linkEmily N. Cyr; Kathryn M. Kroeper; Hilary B. Bergsieker; Tara C. Dennehy; Christine Logel; Jennifer R. Steele; Rita A. Knasel; W. Tyler Hartwig; Priscilla Shum; Stephanie L. Reeves; Odilia Dys-Steenbergen; Amrit Litt; Christopher B. Lok; Taylor Ballinger; Haemi Nam; Crystal Tse; Amanda L. Forest; Mark Zanna; Sheryl Staub-French; Mary Wells; Toni Schmader; Stephen C. Wright; Steven J. Spencer – Child Development, 2024
Girls and women face persistent negative stereotyping within STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics). This field intervention was designed to improve boys' perceptions of girls' STEM ability. Boys (N = 667; mostly White and East Asian) aged 9-15 years in Canadian STEM summer camps (2017-2019) had an intervention or control…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, STEM Education, Summer Programs
Allaire-Duquette, Geneviève; Chastenay, Pierre; Bouffard, Thérèse; Bélanger, Simon A.; Hernandez, Olivier; Mahhou, Mohamed Amine; Giroux, Patrick; McMullin, Sophie; Desjarlais, Estelle – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2022
Many girls believe they have little natural ability in computer science and girls' perception of self-efficacy beliefs for programming is generally low. Offering engaging hands-on programming activities could be a beneficial strategy to increase girls' self-efficacy beliefs for programming since it has the potential to offer them exposure to…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Programming, Workshops, Experiential Learning
Download full textSultan, Ulrika Napoleon; Axell, Cecilia; Hallström, Jonas – Design and Technology Education, 2020
Variance in interest and engagement by gender is a complex and long-standing research agenda in the field of technology education. Studies report that girls are more reluctant to participate in technology education, less interested in the subject and more negative towards technology than boys. It is argued that specific attitudes and roles hinder…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Preadolescents, Elementary School Students, Technology Education
Starr, Christine R.; Zurbriggen, Eileen L. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2019
We investigated the relationship of self-sexualization to self-objectification, weight concerns, self-efficacy, academic outcomes, and career aspirations among preadolescent girls. Participants were 89 six- to nine-year-old girls; parental reports were also obtained. Two thirds of girls showed signs of self-sexualization by choosing a sexualized…
Descriptors: Females, Sexuality, Body Weight, Parent Aspiration
Vares, Tiina; Jackson, Sue – Gender and Education, 2015
The focus on, and concern about, young girls and preteens or "tweens" relates to the "sexualisation" of girlhood and the notion that girls are "growing up too fast" and becoming "too sexy too soon". In both popular and academic accounts, "tween" magazines and the increasingly "sexualised"…
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Females, Femininity, Gender Issues
Rudasill, Kathleen Moritz; Callahan, Carolyn M. – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2010
The purpose of this study is to examine the contribution of gender to the academic self-perceptions of ability and related coursework plans for high school and college across academically advanced students. Participants were academically advanced students (N = 447) from grades 5 to 12. Findings revealed that (a) girls' self-perceptions of ability…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Sex Stereotypes, Females, Gender Differences
Peer reviewedLobel, Thalma E.; Gewirtz, Jonathan; Pras, Rinat; Shoeshine-Rokach, Michal; Ginton, Ronit – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1999
Investigated the relationships between inferences and judgments of a target girl by preadolescents and early adolescents, their self-endorsement of female traits and gender of playmates, and gender-typedness of the game. Results with 251 Israeli students show gender differences, which are discussed within the framework of gender-schema theories.…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Peer Evaluation, Play
Peer reviewedFowler, William E.; And Others – Child Study Journal, 1992
As part of a psychological evaluation, 35 sexually abused girls were asked to indicate their preference for a male or female counselor. Girls evaluated by male examiners were less likely to have a clear preference for a female counselor. The sex of the examiner was related to participants' anticipated comfort with a counselor of a particular sex.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Children, Counselor Characteristics
Combes, Alice S. – 1995
This practicum was designed to focus on: (1) the improvement of the confidence of pre-adolescent girls; (2) the establishment of a positive body image; and (3) the strengthening of assertiveness skills. The writer worked in a group of 20 girls over a period of 8 months using exercises designed to facilitate their growth. A curriculum was developed…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Body Image, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedRomm, Tsilia – Interchange, 1987
This study explored the perception of career/family conflict in adolescent girls to determine how that conflict affects their career-related decisions; how this effect changes over time; and the effect of parental attitudes and marital relationships on this process. Research and results are described. (JL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Career Planning, Decision Making
Sanders, Jo Shuchat – 1985
This paper addresses girls' patterns of computer avoidance at the middle school and other grade levels. It reviews the evidence for a gender gap in computer use in several areas: in school, at home, in computer camps, in computer magazines, and in computer-related jobs. It compares the computer equity issue to math avoidance, and cites the middle…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computers, Equal Education, Equal Facilities
Peer reviewedMoore, Lori; MacKinnon, David – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2001
Interviews and focus groups with five 9- and 10-year-old girls from rural Nova Scotia (Canada) clearly revealed the power and influence of the media in manipulating young girls' perceptions of themselves and others. Goffman's interactionist perspective of the "theatrical performance" provided a framework for the study. (Contains 47…
Descriptors: Body Image, Conformity, Females, Foreign Countries
Jaffee, Lynn; Manzer, Rebecca – Melpomene Journal, 1992
The relationship between activity and positive self-esteem in girls 9 to 12 years of age was explored in this study. The hypothesis was that the positive relationship between physical activity and positive self-esteem which exists for women also exists for girls. A secondary goal was to gain insight into some of the factors that are associated…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Athletics, Early Adolescents, Exercise
Signorielli, Nancy – 1997
This document presents an executive summary of a study that examined messages sent to adolescent girls (ages 10 to 17) across 6 types of media most heavily used by adolescent girls: television, movies, magazines, music videos, television commercials, and magazine advertisements. The study asked what messages are sent about gender roles--primarily…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Females, Films, Gender Issues
Peer reviewedDuncan, Pam; Kilpatrick, Doreen L. – Child Study Journal, 1991
Parents rated their children on two behavioral rating scales that were designed to evaluate problem and antisocial behaviors. When rating only one child, parents agreed in rating sons' behaviors. Differences were found in mothers' and fathers' prosocial behavior ratings of daughters. When parents rated one child of each sex, no differences in…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales, Elementary Education, Fathers
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