scholarly journals Correction to: In Their Footsteps or Shadow? Gender Differences in Choosing a STEM Major as a Function of Sibling Configuration and Older Sibling’s Gender and Math Ability

Sex Roles ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Limor Gabay‑Egozi ◽  
Natalie Nitsche ◽  
Lloyd Grieger
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Math Ability ◽  
Stem Major

Pipeline Dreams: Occupational Plans and Gender Differences in STEM Major Persistence and Completion

2020 ◽  
Vol 93 (4) ◽  
pp. 297-314
Author(s):  
Kim A. Weeden ◽  
Dafna Gelbgiser ◽  
Stephen L. Morgan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
The United States ◽  
Work Orientation ◽  
Gender Gaps ◽  
Family Work ◽  
Baccalaureate Degrees ◽  
Math Ability ◽  
Occupational Plans

In the United States, women are more likely than men to enter and complete college, but they remain underrepresented among baccalaureates in science-related majors. We show that in a cohort of college entrants who graduated from high school in 2004, men were more than twice as likely as women to complete baccalaureate degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, including premed fields, and more likely to persist in STEM/biomed after entering these majors by sophomore year. Conversely, women were more than twice as likely as men to earn baccalaureates in a health field, although persistence in health was low for both genders. We show that gender gaps in high school academic achievement, self-assessed math ability, and family-work orientation are only weakly associated with gender gaps in STEM completion and persistence. Gender differences in occupational plans, by contrast, are strongly associated with gender gaps in STEM outcomes, even in models that assume plans are endogenous to academic achievement, self-assessed math ability, and family-work orientation. These results can inform efforts to mitigate gender gaps in STEM attainment.

Gender Differences in Math Ability: The Impact of Media Reports on Parents

1985 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 20-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
JANIS E. JACOBS ◽  
JACQUELYNNE S. ECCLES
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Math Ability ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
The Impact

What motivates females and males to pursue careers in mathematics and science?

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacquelynne S. Eccles ◽  
Ming-Te Wang
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Expectancy Value ◽  
Math Ability ◽  
Math Scores ◽  
12Th Grade ◽  
Occupational Values ◽  
And Gender ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Value Model

Drawing on Eccles’ expectancy-value model of achievement-related choices, we examined the personal aptitudes and motivational beliefs at 12th grade that move individuals toward or away from science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) occupations at age 29. In the first set of analyses, occupational and lifestyle values, math ability self-concepts, family demographics, and high school course-taking more strongly predicted both individual and gender differences in the likelihood of entering STEM careers than math scores on the Differential Aptitude Test. In the second set of analyses, individual and gender differences in career decisions within STEM disciplines (health, biological, and medical sciences (HBMS) versus mathematics, physical, engineering, and computer sciences (MPECS)) were best predicted by occupational values (i.e. preferences for work that were people oriented and altruistic predicted entrance into HBMS instead of MPECS careers). Females were less likely to hold the beliefs that predicted selection of STEM in general, but those who did choose STEM were more likely to select HBMS than MPECS. One Sentence Summary: Gender differences in selecting STEM related and health, biological, and medical occupations result primarily from gender differences in occupational and lifestyle values.

scholarly journals Gender Differences of Theoretical Physics of Undergraduates Major in Physics

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Haibin Sun
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
Verbal Ability ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Theoretical Physics ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Math Ability ◽  
Learning Attitude ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Learning Interest

Gender differences exist in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering and math. There are differences between male and female undergraduates in the learning of various subjects. This paper analyzed the gender differences caused by intellectual and non-intellectual factors, such as math ability, verbal ability, spatial capability, learning motivation, learning interest, and learning attitude. On the base of the scores of theoretical physics, we analyzed the gender differences of undergraduates major in physics, and put forward teaching strategies for the improvement of theoretical physics.

Gender Differences Seen in Melanoma of Foot

2006 ◽  
Vol 39 (21) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
BETSY BATES
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences
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