Children's memberships in social groups have profound effects on their motivation.
Stereotypes about social groups shape children's beliefs about what is expected for their …

Unmet or thwarted belonging needs have been implicated in multiple studies of women in
engineering in college and in the engineering workforce. A wide range of other challenges …

There is a need to help more students succeed in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) education, with particular interest in reducing current gender gaps in …

The purpose of this longitudinal investigation was to examine the effectiveness of a
comprehensive, integrated curricular and co-curricular program designed to build …

To improve sub-standard retention and 4-year graduation rates, colleges and universities
have tried to foster in students more social connections and a greater sense of belonging to …

This study explores how caregiver–child scientific conversation during storybook reading
focusing on the challenges or achievements of famous female scientists impacts …

Interpersonal allyship may serve as a justice cue to signal that an environment is fair to
women without increasing men's expectations of anti-male bias. We investigated how …

We examined how undergraduate STEM students'(N= 389) perceptions of their instructors'
beliefs that intelligence is malleable (growth mindsets) or unchangeable (fixed mindsets) …

The percentage of women receiving bachelor's degrees in physics (25%) in the US lags well
behind that of men, and women leave the major at higher rates. Achieving equity in physics …

The teaching practices used in college science classrooms have a profound influence on
which students pass their courses (and continue to major in science) and which are 'weeded …